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In December 2009, Consumer Reports analyzed 2008 model year NHTSA data for sudden acceleration among Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, GM, Honda, and Nissan, finding 52 complaints involving Toyota vehicles or 41% of complaints among these makes, [247] and every other major car maker is affected.
After receiving hundreds of complaints about steering in 2009 and 2010 Corolla and Matrix models, Toyota Motor is offering to fix the problem-- but only if consumers request it.After an ...
Last week, Toyota warned owners of about 50,000 vehicles — including certain Corolla and RAV4 models dating back to 2003 — that parts of airbags could explode, causing serious injury or death.
Toyota's (TM) recall woes may be about to get even worse. In addition to the recall of 8 million cars with accelerator problems and brake issues on some versions of firm's Prius Hybrid, several ...
Toyota was also forced to pay a total of $66.2 million in fines to the Department of Transportation for failing to handle recalls properly and $25.5 million to Toyota shareholders whose stock lost value due to recalls. Nearly 400 wrongful-death and personal injury cases were also privately settled by Toyota as a result of unintended acceleration.
Toyota brands the K120 as the “Direct Shift” CVT and includes a physical first gear (also known as a "launch gear") and nine additional simulated gears, for a total of 10. The launch gear is engaged when the vehicle takes off from being stopped and transitions to the belt drive as the vehicle picks up speed.
Toyota’s Lexus brand snagged the top honors in vehicle dependability for a third consecutive year, with a score of 140 PP100 (problems per 100 vehicles). GM's ( GM )Buick brand ranked highest in ...
In the 1960s, General Motors Canada began importing compact Vauxhall models from the United Kingdom to compete with popular imported compacts like the Volkswagen Beetle and Toyota Corolla. The Vauxhall HC Viva was renamed the "Firenza" in the Canadian market in response to the previous generation's quality problems, and to hide its British ...