April 2010

  • Something Rotten Again At Toyota

    By dfunzy on 4/13/10 7:27pm
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    wrecked toyotawrecked toyotaWhat is this with Toyota? Is that company really General Tojo's revenge? Toyota had/has been selling dangerous vehicles and has been caught hiding information about how unsafe some of their vehicles are. Now that Consumer Reports has issued their report on Toyota's Lexus GX460, stating the SUV, was unsafe to drive, that it carried an unusually high risk of a rollover accident during certain types of turns, and urged its readers not to buy the vehicle. Toyota had no choice than to stop selling Lexus, for now.

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  • The Bums, the Crooks!

    By dfunzy on 4/6/10 4:00am
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    From Business Week: "Toyota Motor Corp. 'knowingly hid a dangerous defect' that caused its vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly, the U.S. said, for the first time accusing the world’s largest automaker of breaking the law. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposed a record civil penalty of $16.4 million, the most the government can impose. The fine recommended yesterday escalates the confrontation between Toyota and LaHood, who initially praised the carmaker for its handling of recalls the company attributed to faulty accelerator pedals ... the department’s action showed “safety matters and they’re going to be tough as nails,” Joan Claybrook, a former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said in an interview. 'That’s very appropriate. They caught Toyota red- handed.'.”

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