Posts tagged accelerator

• Toyota Hid Steering Rod Defect For More Than A Decade

  Brett Emison | June 15, 2010 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Toyota has already paid a record $16.4 million fine for its delay in issuing a sudden acceleration recall. Now, USA Today has reported that Toyota hid another problem -- its defective steering rods...

• Chrysler Forced To Recall 600,000 Vehicles For Variety Of Defects

  Brett Emison | June 07, 2010 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Chrysler has been forced to recall nearly 600,000 Jeep Wranglers and Chrysler and Dodge minivans due to sticky accelerator and potential fire problems according to NBC News. Vehicles recalled...

• Toyota's Dirty Tricks Put You At Risk

  Brett Emison | June 04, 2010 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Injury Board readers already knew that Toyota was more concerned about protecting its image than protecting its drivers. Maybe we just didn't realize how far Toyota would go. I've documented here...

• Ford May Have Its Own Sudden Acceleration Problem

  Brett Emison | June 02, 2010 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As Toyota's deadly sudden acceleration problem -- full coverage here -- drags on and on, several reports have suggested that Ford Motor Company may have a sudden acceleration problem of its own. ...

• Mechanical Defect Found In Runaway Toyota

  Brett Emison | May 19, 2010 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After being imprisoned for manslaughter, a Minnesota man is asking for a new trial after an expert found a mechanical problem that caused the throttle cable to become stuck and evidence that the...

• Toyota Recall: Toyota To Pay Record $16.4 Million Fine... Admission of Guilt?

  Brett Emison | April 19, 2010 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Would you pay a $16.4 million fine if you did nothing wrong? That, apparently, is what Toyota wants you to believe. According to the Los Angeles Times, Toyota has agreed to pay a record $16.4...

• Another Toyota Recall: Company Recalls 600,000 Toyota Sienna Minivans

  Brett Emison | April 17, 2010 11:16 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After recalling more than 10 million vehicles worldwide for sudden acceleration problems, Toyota has issued another recall... this time recalling more than 600,000 Toyota Sienna minivans because of...

• Toyota Recall: Second Fine On The Way?

  Brett Emison | April 13, 2010 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, Toyota was hit with a record $16.4 million fine for hiding its sticky pedal sudden acceleration defect from federal safety regulators and the American public. Now, it looks like Toyota...

• Toyota Recall: More Evidence That Toyota Knew About Acceleration Problems Long Ago

  Brett Emison | April 13, 2010 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, we learned that a top Toyota executive warned the company that it needed to come clean about its sudden acceleration problem before Toyota ever told safety regulators at NHTSA or the...

• Toyota Recall: Top Exec Confirms Toyota Not Protecting Customers; "We Need To Come Clean"

  Brett Emison | April 08, 2010 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After years of stonewalling and attempted coverups, we've learned that a top Toyota official finally warned the company that We need to come clean about sudden acceleration problems several days...