Fed Agency Wants To Stop Runaway Cars With Brake Override Technology
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it wants automakers to install a brake override system aimed at stopping a ca...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it wants automakers to install a brake override system aimed at stopping a ca...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.10.2012
Toyota Motor Corp. has subpoenaed emails and other communication between one of its most vocal critics and three news outlets, including The Huffingto...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.28.2012
A small recall Toyota is conducting in several U.S. Gulf states might help advance arguments by safety critics who argue Toyota has problems with its ...
The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.12.2012
The government notified Ford Monday that it is launching an investigation into 2005 and 2006 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable sedans after receiving 30 c...
Sean Kane | Posted 03.28.2012
Toyota's problem is that it has treated unintended acceleration in its vehicles as a public relations dilemma, rather than a technical issue.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.18.2012
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn't know enough about car electronic systems to respond effectively when problems arise, accord...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.13.2012
A court filing by Toyota earlier this week lays out how the automaker plans to defend itself against sudden acceleration claims: by blaming the driver...
AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 01.08.2012
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide – mostly in the United States – for probl...
HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.23.2011
Welcome to "The Watchdog," which will keep a close eye on regulatory agencies and how their actions impact the lives of everyday Americans. Though the...
Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO (By Chang-Ran Kim) - Toyota Motor Corp will rely more on emerging markets for sales and launch about 10 new hybrid models under a long-term ...
Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 2.17 million vehicles in the United States on Thursday to address accelerator pedals that could become...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota reported a 39 percent slide in quarterly profit but raised its full-year forecasts as business booms in Asia and other emerging marke...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota recalled nearly 1.7 million cars worldwide Wednesday for possible fuel leaks, the latest in a ballooning number of quality proble...
AP | SHARON SILKE CARTY | Posted 05.25.2011
DETROIT — It would be easy to think Toyota's biggest problem is its damaged reputation caused by sudden acceleration recalls, millions in govern...
Huffington Post | Willow Bay | Posted 05.25.2011
HuffPost LA Exclusive: Longo, the largest Toyota dealer in the country, offered HuffPost LA a look at how it is managing one of the biggest recalls in...
AP | KEN THOMAS and TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its hand...
AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 05.25.2011
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge in California said Friday he will not dismiss lawsuits against Toyota from car owners who claim sudden-accel...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a federal court in California to throw out lawsuits over acceleration defects in its cars, saying many o...
Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011
Last recall time, on the Toyotas, the cars would not stop accelerating. Now, the accelerator works fine, but the braking could be seriously, even dangerously, degraded.
AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
DETROIT — Just when Toyota thought its safety problems were over, they flare up all over again. Less than a year after it was tarnished by repo...
AP | MARTIGA LOHN | Posted 05.25.2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota man who spent more than 2 1/2 years in prison for a fatal Toyota crash walked free Thursday, after a judge ordered...
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as the world's top automaker benefited from a ...
Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Too many of us do a terrible job understanding a product's true cost. It's not just the purchase price. It's what it costs to live with that product, and its maker, for years to come.
AP | DAN STRUMPF and SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — A federal grand jury in New York has subpoenaed Toyota's U.S. subsidiaries for documents related to problems with rods that connect a...
AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011
TOYOTA, Japan — Toyota Motor Corp. is extending the time it takes to develop new vehicles by about four weeks for more quality checks in the wak...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.13.2012