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WASHINGTON -- The increasing role of electronic systems in automobiles creates new safety oversight challenges that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must address explicitly and proactively, according to a new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board.
Read More →NEW YORK, NY – The North American Quality Advisory Panel formed by Toyota in the wake of investigations of unintended acceleration events has delivered its report to the automaker and published it publicly.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA - Toyota has won a case where an individual claimed a driver's side floor mat was the primary cause of the crash of his Scion vehicle in August 2005.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. is recalling 2.17 million vehicles to address the potential for unintended acceleration.
Read More →WASHINGTON - A 10-month study by the U.S. DOT did not find any electronic system flaws to be the cause of the unintended acceleration problem reported to affect Toyota vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood announced that Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million in civil penalties as the result of two separate investigations into the automaker's handling of auto recalls.
Read More →SANTA ANA, CA - Toyota Motor Corp. attorneys on Tuesday, Sept. 14, filed motions in federal court to dismiss a number of lawsuits seeking class-action status, according to a City News Service report.
Read More →WASHINGTON - After five months of investigating sudden-acceleration issues involving Toyota vehicles, U.S. Transportation Department officials said they have identified no safety defects other than the ones reported by Toyota: sticky gas pedals and floor mats that can entrap gas pedals, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said July 14 it hasn't yet reached any conclusions about whether driver error is responsible for the sudden-acceleration episodes that led to last year's Toyota recalls, the Associated Press reported.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Sciences has directed a 13-member panel of engineers, scientists and auto safety experts to study and identify potential electronic causes of unintended acceleration in today's vehicles, the Associated Press reported.
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