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The most prominent incidents of sudden unintended acceleration recently took place from 2000–2010 in Toyota and Lexus vehicles, resulting in as many as 89 deaths and 52 injuries in the USA. [4] The NHTSA first opened an auto defect investigation into Toyota vehicles in 2004, but the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) within the NHTSA ...
In February 2010, National Public Radio obtained the full NHTSA database of 15,000 unintended acceleration complaints over the past decade, and determined that among all manufacturers, Volkswagen had the highest rate of unintended acceleration complaints in 2009 and 2008 (11.5 and 21.6 per 100,000 vehicles respectively), while Suzuki had the ...
Toyota Motor (TM) has long blamed motorists for some incidents of unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles. The world's largest automaker has reiterated that charge, which it ...
In light of the incidents, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines has asserted that the Montero Sport is safe to use, and any claims of sudden acceleration are devoid of any basis. [ 2 ] Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo, the current chairman of Metro Manila development committee urged Mitsubishi Motors to recall all its defective Montero models until the ...
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Toyota Wants Unintended Acceleration Suits Dismissed Toyota (TM) wants all the "unintended acceleration" lawsuits thrown out, essentially on an ...
Congress continues to press Toyota Motor (TM) about its knowledge of problems with unintended acceleration in its vehicles. Lawmakers on Tuesday sent a letter to the world's largest automaker ...
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Following a ruling in their favor, plaintiffs alleging that Toyota Motor (TM) sought to conceal defects related to unintended acceleration in the automaker's vehicles are one step closer to having ...