Safety & Accident

ARLINGTON, VA - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that for the second consecutive year the Toyota Corolla compact sedan and Scion xB have each earned "Top Safety Pick" awards.

Tags: Corolla, IIHS, Scion, Toyota, xB

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today announced that, working in cooperation with Attorneys General across the country, Toyota will be extending on a nationwide basis the additional services being provided to Toyota and Lexus customers in New York affected by the company's recent recalls.

Tags: Lexus, Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 model-year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle's anti-lock brake system (ABS).

Tags: HS 250h, Lexus, Prius, Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. announced it will begin fixing accelerator pedals in recalled Toyota Division vehicles this week.

Tags: Recall, sudden acceleration, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Overall, U.S. commercial fleets have been measured in their response to 2.3 million vehicle safety recalls and sales/production suspension of eight Toyota models due to reports of sticking accelerator pedals causing sudden, unintended vehicle speed-up.

Tags: ADESA, Manheim, NAAA, Recall, ServNet, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models that are included in a safety recall aimed at addressing reports of sticking accelerator pedals.

Tags: Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. said it would recall approximately 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals.

Tags: Recall, sudden acceleration, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA --- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. revealed details of its remedy to address the sudden acceleration issues that have prompted a safety recall of 4.26 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

Tags: Recall, Toyota

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Toyota Motor North America is recalling 110,000 MY 2000-2003 Tundra trucks sold or currently registered in states that use road salt in winter snow conditions.

Tags: NHTSA, Recall, Toyota

BIRMINGHAM, AL --- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. has donated a 2010 Toyota Tundra to the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Program.

Tags: safety training, Toyota

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released some new details about the fatal car crash that triggered Toyota's recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

Tags: NHTSA, Recall, Toyota

CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Police Department is adding Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUVs to its fleet, which will be converted into K-9 units, supporting bomb-sniffing dogs and counter-terrorism specialists.

Tags: Cincinnati Police Department, Highlander Hybrid, Toyota

EL SEGUNDO, CA --- Advances in telematics are making car theft a riskier business -- and thankfully, the technology figures to thwart even more thieves in the near future.

Tags: car theft, iSuppli Corp. , Telematics, Toyota

TOKYO, JAPAN --- Toyota Motor Corp. and Hino Motors Ltd. (Hino) announced plans to jointly test a breathalyzer ignition-interlock system under development by Toyota.

Tags: breathalyzer ignition-interlock system , drunk driving prevention, Hino Motors , Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. announced the annual subscription price for its all-new, proprietary telematics system, Safety Connect. The system will soon be an available option on the all-new 2010 Prius.

Tags: 2010 Prius, Safety Connect, Toyota

BINGHAM FARMS, MI – Vincentric announced the winners of its 2009 Best Fleet Value in America awards, with strong fleet product lines from General Motors and Toyota each earning seven awards, and Ford with five winning vehicles.

Tags: 2009 Best Fleet Value in America awards, Chrysler LLC , fleet product lines, Ford, GM, Toyota, Vincentric, Volvo