Topic: Toyota Prius
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety officials believe driver error may be behind the crash in New York of a Toyota Motor Corp Prius that has been investigated as a possible case of unintended acceleration, federal investigators said on Thursday. The National Highway ...
US regulators say data from crashed New York Prius show throttle open, brakes not appliedComputer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver ...
WASHINGTON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence to support the driver's account of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius incident in California that overshadowed the company's attempts to restart sales after a punishing series of ...
Toyota says tests don't back up story of man who claimed Prius sped out of controlToyota dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Safety investigators have found no evidence so far to support or disprove a California motorist's claim that his Toyota Motor Corp Prius sped out of control on its own, and cautioned that the case may never be explained, U.S. ...
US safety regulators said Monday they were unable to find any problems with a Toyota Prius that could explain why it reportedly sped uncontrollably down a California highway last week. The tests have cast doubt upon the March 8 incident in which ...
Mystery deepens over runaway Prius as Calif driver's lawyer dismisses inspection's findingsThe mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events. The memo ...
Complaints of runaway Priuses spike, but it could have something to do with psychologyReports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid. Experts ...
Got a gripe about your car? Gov't investigators sift complaints for serious safety problemsScores of Toyota owners filed formal complaints with the U.S. government about mysterious problems with gas pedals, brakes and steering in recent years, sometimes after terrifying accidents. The complaints, ...
Prius problems put spotlight on increasing sophistication of car electronicsYour most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix ...
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