Dangerous Toyota : Toyota faces 'dangerous vehicle' fraud case

Toyota is facing a lawsuit in the US after prosecutors claim it engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.

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Presented confidentially in July 2009, Toyota North America president of operations, Yoshimi Inaba, announced "wins for Toyota" after achieving favourable safety outcomes and secured safety rule-making favourable to Toyota.

Toyota explained it negotiated an equipment recall for the 2007 Toyota Camry and Lexus ES 350, recalling 55,000 floor mats rather than fixing the defective accelerator pedals, saving US$100 million.

Toyota also confirmed it saved millions by delaying federal safety rules on numerous models and avoided an investigation into the 1995 to 2004 Tacoma pickup, which had undercarriage rust issues.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20100222toyota_docs_cl...

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[furiousgeorge1271]

Just more of that "toyota quality" that the commercials keep telling us about. I wouldn't deny that American auto manufacturers have had defects as well, but the media has always (until recently) ignored, or have been unaware of Toyota corporation defects. In the first year (2010) that the government has tried to keep track of some of the Toyota corporation's defects, they have recalled over 11 million vehicles. So much for Toyota quality.

[lcrossgirl93]

Solution to Toyota/Lexus recalls: The Decelerator

[galdino429]

i agree with anthony, you need to make an annotation or whatever pointing out the dealership owners toyota sales banner in the backgroud to show his bias opinion, and make him pay for trying to pawn that crap off.

[anthonyledo]

i dont like this video. the guy talking makes it sound like toyota doesnt have a problem. shame on him, he just wants to get those pieces of shit off his lot.