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'Toyota Defense': Man Jailed In Fatal Crash Seeks Retrial Based On Alleged Toyota Defect

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 05.25.2011

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After his Toyota Camry smashed at high speeds into a car stopped at a traffic light four years ago, Koua Fong Lee told everyone he could that he'd hit...

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Toyota Says 'Runaway Prius' Works Fine

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN DIEGO — Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday t...

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Toyota's Tips: What To Do If Your Car Suddenly Accelerates

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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What should you do if your car suddenly accelerates? Here are three ways to stop the vehicle, according to Toyota: _ Step on the brake pedal with b...

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Transportation Secretary Ray Says U.S. Considering weighing brake overrides in all new cars

AP | STEPHEN MANNING and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering requiring all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to have brakes that can override gas pedals ...

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Those Toyotas: You've Been Taken for a Ride!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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What'll it take to put you behind the wheel of a brand-spanking-new 2010 Toyota? It's Non-Stop Bargain Days here at Frantic Fred's Four-Star Motors -- and it looks like highway robbery!

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Toyota Corolla Recall 2010? World's Best-Selling Car May Be Next

AP | KEN THOMAS and ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — First it was gas pedals, then brakes. Now Toyota and the government are looking into complaints that the popular Corolla is difficu...

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Toyota Recall: How Toyota's US Workers Are Dealing With Down Time

McClatchy | Scott Sloan | Lexington Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Workers affected by the idling had the option of taking paid vacation or unpaid leave, but the vast majority came to work, with many taking training s...

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Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda To Speak About Company Woes

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA and MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Toyota's president emerged from seclusion Friday to apologize and address criticism that the automaker mishandled a crisis over sticking...

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