- Claude Wyle | May 11, 2010 5:54 AM | San Francisco, CA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Car manufacturers have been very much in the news lately. For awhile it seemed that there was a new defective Toyota product almost daily, including many problems I wrote about, such as...
- Claude Wyle | March 09, 2010 5:00 PM | San Francisco, CA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
I have written about defective Toyotas, including the Corolla power steering defects, Prius defective brakes, and the sudden acceleration problems with many models, and, as the number of...
- Chrissie Cole | March 02, 2010 12:54 PM | San Diego, CA
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Automobile Accidents
A California Highway Patrol officer and three family members were killed last August when their Lexus accelerated out of control and crashed off a highway in Sand Diego County. Now, relatives are...
- Claude Wyle | March 02, 2010 11:19 AM | San Francisco, CA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Last week I lamented that one of the problems with big corporations is that rather than spending enough money to make products safe in the first place, or spending enough money to fix the problems...
- Claude Wyle | February 17, 2010 8:07 PM | San Francisco, CA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Just yesterday I was commenting that Toyota recalls seem to be coming more regularly than rain in February. I was being somewhat facetious, but this morning brings news of another potential problem...
- Claude Wyle | February 17, 2010 5:00 AM | San Francisco, CA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Is it just me, or does it seem like almost every week there is a new Toyota recall? This time it is for the Prius model. This Wednesday Toyota announced another global recall -- this time involving...
- Claude Wyle | November 14, 2009 10:25 AM | San Francisco, CA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Safety investigators dismissed numerous reports of sudden acceleration, then said data were lacking.
I am sure many of you were shocked to learn that since 2001, more than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus...
- Claude Wyle | November 10, 2009 2:03 PM | San Francisco, CA
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Automobile Accidents
Recent reports of stuck accelerator pedals causing crashes and Toyota’s auto recall has caused many to question whether or not a vehicle’s brakes are powerful enough to overpower the...