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• Toyota Pays $10 Million In Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit

  Brett Emison | December 27, 2010 9:47 AM | 4 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I wrote last week that Toyota would not be permitted to hide the settlement terms of the Mark Saylor case in California. Now, the Associated Press and others have reported that Toyota paid members...

• Plaintiffs Win First Battle In Toyota Sudden Acceleration Lawsuits

  Brett Emison | November 23, 2010 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A federal judge ruled on Friday that Toyota vehicle owners may move forward with a class-action lawsuit that alleges Toyota's sudden / unintended acceleration problems caused their vehicles to lose...

• Toyota Recalls 270,000 Vehicles For Faulty Engines

  Brett Emison | July 05, 2010 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week it was just a maybe... this week it is reality. Toyota has recalled 270,000 Lexus and Crown vehicles because of defective valve springs, a critical engine component that could cause the...

• Another Toyota Recall On The Way... This Time For Defective Engines

  Brett Emison | July 01, 2010 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just days after Toyota stopped production of a Lexus model because it failed to comply with federal minimum standards on fuel leakage, Toyota announced the possibility of yet another recall... this...

• Toyota and Exponent Hid Sudden Acceleration Evidence And Altered Documents... Anyone Surprised?

  Brett Emison | July 01, 2010 10:15 AM | 15 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you have been following the Toyota sudden acceleration problem at this blog, on Injury Board or elsewhere, you probably already know that Toyota's dirty tricks are putting you at risk. I've...

• What's Wrong With Toyota?

  Brett Emison | June 28, 2010 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  USA Today has reported that Toyota has been forced to halt the sale of and recall 17,000 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid vehicles because of a potentially deadly fuel leakage problem after a crash. This...

• 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...

• 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. ...

• Toyota Forced To Halt Sales... Again

  Brett Emison | May 25, 2010 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal have reported that Toyota has been forced to stop selling its 2009-10 LS 460 and LS 600h model vehicles due to a recall for an electronics problem...