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0NHTSA: No evidence of electrical problems with Toyota 1281475620
It appears that the Wall Street Journal was correct when it reported that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration had found that the majority of Toyota unintended acceleration claims was due to simple human error. Investigators with NHTSA have reviewed 58 cases of runaway ...
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Report: Man convicted in fatal crash set free with Toyota sudden acceleration appeal 1281103080
Koua Fong Lee, the man who was convicted in 2006 of killing three people when his Toyota Camry struck a vehicle at a stoplight, has been acquitted of any crime. Lee served a total of two-and-a-half years in prison after his defense attorney failed to adequately show that he had been applying the ...
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Report: Toyota was aware of unintended acceleration claims by 2003, says lawsuit 1280845800
According to The Washington Post, attorneys working on a class-action lawsuit against Toyota claim that the company has known about issues of unintended acceleration in its vehicles since as early as 2003. The lawyers have reportedly discovered a field report written seven years ago by a ...
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Report: Toyota had 'attack plan' to discredit congressional testimony witnesses 1274054700
Hypocrisy is again the order of the day as Congress continues to look into the actions of Toyota following a report earlier this year claiming that a fault had been found that could trigger unintended acceleration. Using polling data to help craft a message to manipulate public opinion is ...
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Analysis: Company offers aftermarket brake override for Toyotas 1273413900
With all the news reports about issues with unintended acceleration in Toyotas in recent months, it was only a matter of time before an aftermarket company stepped up with a purported solution. Santa Barbara-based Solutions Group Inc. is now marketing a device called the Decelerator, which they ...
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Report: Unintended acceleration Prius case gets twist involving debt, technology 1268434800
Second-gen Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image galleryThe unintended acceleration case of the second-generation Prius belonging to James Sikes now officially has an interesting backstory. Apparently, according to USAToday, Sikes' "case against Toyota is starting to look shaky." ... -
Toyota hits back at David Gilbert's "no fault code" demonstration 1268078400
Mechanism used to "force unintended acceleration - Click above for high-res image galleryIn a video webcast for the media that concluded a just a few moments ago, Toyota hit back at the "simulated unintended acceleration" demonstration that was shown by ABC News late last month. When we saw the ... -
Video: Smoking Gun? ABC News expert recreates sudden acceleration without CPU error code *UPDATED w/Toyota response 1266890160
Click above to view the video after the jumpEarlier today, ABC News released a report asserting that the cause of Toyota's unintended accelerations issues might not be a faulty accelerator mechanism, but an electronic flaw in the automaker's engine control unit – something that's been ... -
Report: NHTSA says it has "no reason to challenge" Toyota throttle fix 1265129040
Toyota's recalled pedal assembly close-up – Click above for high-res image galleryThat's right, more ThrottleGate! Even though the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) doesn't have to approve Toyota's solution to fix its recalled gas pedals, the NHTSA could offer up an ... -
BREAKING: Toyota temporarily halts sales of selected models *UPDATED 1264549800
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Toyota_temporarily_halts_sales_of_selected_models'; Toyota has announced that it will halt sales of eight models due to its ongoing problems with unintended acceleration. At issue are accelerator pedal mechanisms that could get stuck in the open position ...

