Topic: Toyota Motor Corporation

US authorities step up investigation into stalling Corolla engines in latest Toyota woeThe U.S. government has beefed up its investigation into Toyota's Corolla and Matrix vehicles because of a possible engine defect that might can cause them to stall. The National Highway ...

U.S. agency steps up probe into Corolla stalling

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up an investigation into the risk that up to 1.2 million Toyota Motor Corp Corolla and Matrix vehicles could stall due to defective electronic engine control units. Regulators began an engineering analysis on ...

U.S. review of Toyota recorders finds no new defects

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key element of the U.S. government's investigation of Toyota Motor Corp electronic throttles and other systems found no defects beyond what is known to explain crashes blamed on unintended acceleration, the Transportation Department said on Tuesday. Findings presented ...
Drivers failed to brake in most of the cases of "runaway" Toyota vehicles investigated by US safety regulators, a report presented to lawmakers has found. A review of data recorders from 58 Toyotas involved in crashes where drivers said their cars had ...
Drivers were at fault for failing to brake in most of the cases of "runaway" Toyota vehicles investigated by US safety regulators, a report presented to lawmakers Tuesday found. A review of data recorders from 58 Toyotas involved in crashes where drivers ...
Gov't says preliminary investigation has found no new safety defects in runaway ToyotasA government investigation into runaway Toyotas has found no new safety defects beyond problems with accelerator pedals that explain reports of sudden acceleration in the vehicles, according to preliminary findings ...
House Democrat hopes to move auto safety measure following August recessThe House will try to advance an overhaul of auto safety laws when Congress returns from its August recess, a top lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the chairman of the ...

Tests blame some Toyota accidents on drivers

US Transportation Department tests of "dozens" of data recorders from Toyota vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration found many drivers mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. "The early results suggest that ...

Toyota blames driver error for some unwanted speeding

TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday its investigation of nearly 2,000 cases of unintended acceleration had found no problem with its electronic throttle system, and that driver error was to blame in some cases. The world's top automaker made ...

Toyota mulling another recall

DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp by Thursday morning had not yet alerted U.S. safety regulators of a recall of one Toyota and seven Lexus models for possible engine stalling while driving, a federal safety official said. Toyota officials in Tokyo earlier ...
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