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For the fourth time since 2010, Toyota has been fined the maximum penalty for delaying recalls.
- Gm Issues Five Recalls For 10 Models And 2.7 Million Cars
Move out of the way Toyota, we have a new poster boy for recalls: GM. The Detroit carmaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday that it has issued five separate safety recalls covering approximately 2.7 million...
- Toyota Agrees To Pay Us$1.4 Billion To Settle Unintended Acceleration Lawsuits
In the past 10 years, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received nearly 3,100 complaints about sudden acceleration issues in Toyota vehicles. Those complaints alleged 93 deaths, but the Administration has confirmed a direct...
- Nhtsa Wants To Increase Maximum Car Recall Fines, Gop Disagrees
In 2010 alone, nearly 20 million vehicles were recalled in the U.S. That's not necessarily a bad thing: on the contrary, it shows that car manufacturers are constantly monitoring their product for defects and make sure that they are rectified. At...
- Ring A Bell? Ford Fusion And Mercury Milan Probed For Floor Mats After Complaints About Sticky Accelerators...
Remember Toyota's recall-woes over specific floor mats that could slip forward and snag the gas pedal? Well, we could be heading for a second round of recalls on the same issue but for a different automaker. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
- Toyota Suspends U.s. Sales Of Eight Models Including Camry, Corolla And Rav4 To Deal With Accelerator Pedal Issues
Only a few days after announcing that it would recall approximately 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals on specific Toyota Division models, the Japanese automaker said today that it will temporarily suspend sales of eight Toyota...
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Toyota Pays NHTSA Record $17.35 Million for Delaying Lexus RX Recall on Pedal Entrapment Issue
For the fourth time since 2010, Toyota has been fined the maximum penalty for delaying recalls.
On Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it has slapped Toyota with a record $17.35 million (€13.15 million at today's exchange rates) fine for failing to report a safety defect to address floor mat pedal entrapment in the 2010 Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h in a timely manner.
Read more »- Gm Issues Five Recalls For 10 Models And 2.7 Million Cars
Move out of the way Toyota, we have a new poster boy for recalls: GM. The Detroit carmaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday that it has issued five separate safety recalls covering approximately 2.7 million...
- Toyota Agrees To Pay Us$1.4 Billion To Settle Unintended Acceleration Lawsuits
In the past 10 years, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received nearly 3,100 complaints about sudden acceleration issues in Toyota vehicles. Those complaints alleged 93 deaths, but the Administration has confirmed a direct...
- Nhtsa Wants To Increase Maximum Car Recall Fines, Gop Disagrees
In 2010 alone, nearly 20 million vehicles were recalled in the U.S. That's not necessarily a bad thing: on the contrary, it shows that car manufacturers are constantly monitoring their product for defects and make sure that they are rectified. At...
- Ring A Bell? Ford Fusion And Mercury Milan Probed For Floor Mats After Complaints About Sticky Accelerators...
Remember Toyota's recall-woes over specific floor mats that could slip forward and snag the gas pedal? Well, we could be heading for a second round of recalls on the same issue but for a different automaker. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
- Toyota Suspends U.s. Sales Of Eight Models Including Camry, Corolla And Rav4 To Deal With Accelerator Pedal Issues
Only a few days after announcing that it would recall approximately 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals on specific Toyota Division models, the Japanese automaker said today that it will temporarily suspend sales of eight Toyota...