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Automakers Speed Up Search To Replace Crucial Material

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 04.24.2012

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DETROIT — Six major automakers and 19 suppliers are close to agreeing on a fast-track process for testing replacements for a resin that's in dan...

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Prius Recall: Runaway Prius Story Of Owner James Sikes' Questioned In New Report

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN DIEGO — Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owne...

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Toyota Prius Crash Driver Was On Her Way To Get Gas Pedal Checked Out

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARRISON, N.Y. — Police say a New York woman who claimed her Toyota Prius accelerated on its own was on her way to have its gas pedal checked at...

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Toyota 'Black Boxes': Automaker Secretive, Inconsistent About Device Recordings

AP | CURT ANDERSON and DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed ...

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