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Toyota Accepts to Pay Customers $1.63 Billion in Unintended Acceleration Case
The Toyota unintended acceleration issues are a very familiar one in the automotive industry, as it has been regularly brought up since customers began reporting the problem, back in 2009. Now, though, according to Bloomberg, the company has won approval of a settlement, which will have them paying some $1.63 (€1.23) billion in order to cover the loss of value owners noticed after the first self-accelerating cars were reported, and even after the problem was solved with a recall (of more than 10 million vehicles).
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Court Dismisses First Sudden Acceleration Case Against Toyota Over Technicality
The sudden acceleration issue is still troubling Toyota, which has already paid $50 million in fines and recalled almost 8 million vehicles in the US alone in 2009 and 2010. The Japanese carmaker still has to face the lawsuits brought about by citizens...
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Source Code: Toyota Fights To Limit Ecu Code Viewing In Legal Battle
Could Toyota's source code hold the answer to its sudden acceleration problems? Possibly, and it's currently working with attorneys to smooth out how this code will be analyzed in its ongoing unintended acceleration legal woes. For those of...
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What Grinds My Gears About The Recent Developments In Toyota's Unintended Acceleration-saga
A few things happened in the past 24 hours that grind my gears on the subject of Toyota Motor Corp.'s "unintended acceleration" saga. The first thing that ticked me off were some smart-ass headlines for the findings of NHTSA-NASA study...
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Government Probe Finds No Link Between Electronics And Unintended Acceleration In Toyota And Lexus Vehicles
A 10-month long probe done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA found no link between software-driven throttles and unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles. The investigation concluded that the previously suspected...
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L.a. Times Investigation Claims Toyota Has Been Keeping A Lid On Potential Safety Problems
In the wake of Toyota's recent recall of a record 4.26 million vehicles in the United States because the gas pedal can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, the Los Angeles Times has posted an article that portrays the Japanese...
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