News tagged with “floor mats”. Found:
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Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for sudden acceleration
London :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Eric Weiss was stopped at a busy Long Beach intersection last month when he said his 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup unexpectedly started accelerating, forcing him to stand on the brakes to keep the bucking truck from plowing into oncoming cars. Toyota Motor...
Tags: Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Motor Corp., electronic throttles, sudden acceleration, unintended acceleration, floor mats, NHTSA, Eric Weiss, lexus vehicle, control systems, London, Mid-size cars, Car manufacturers, Drive by wire, Toyota, Technology Internet, Compact cars, Toyota Camry, Hatchbacks, Sedans
Toyota widens recall to target gas pedals in 3.8 million vehicles
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The announcement dramatically expands the scope and likely expense of the recall, which was announced on Sept. 29. Toyota had initially focused on the possibility that improperly installed floor mats might be causing the unintended acceleration problems,...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Motor Sales, Toyota Tundra, gas pedal, floor mats, U.S, acceleration pedal, sudden acceleration, million vehicle, United States, Washington, Toyota, Car manufacturers, Lexus, Sedans, Automobile pedal, Business Finance, Station wagons, Compact cars, Mid-size cars, Hatchbacks, Technology Internet, Disaster Accident, UMW Toyota Motor, Coupes, Lexus IS, Toyota Canada Inc., Environment, Kyodo News, Pickup trucks, Toyota Camry
Another 'accelerator pedal' crash
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Initial reports traced the accident to the car's accelerator pedal being caught in the floor mat. Hampton Police said Linda Geyer, 68, who could not be reached for comment, had both a mat and a piece of carpeting on the drivers side floor, but that they...
Tags: Toyota Motor Sales Inc., Toyota Camry, floor mats, acceleration pedal, NHTSA, Hampton Police, lexus vehicle, unintended acceleration, Mr. Lyons, based remedy, Pittsburgh, Mid-size cars, Toyota, Lexus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Car manufacturers, Sedans, Coupes
Computer-aided crash?
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility You try frantically to get your toe under the accelerator pedal to flip it back up, while straining to avoid other road users. Seconds later, when you start thinking straight, you slip the transmission into neutral, coast carefully to the side of the...
Tags: Toyota, electronic throttles, ECU, acceleration pedal, stopping button, floor mats, San Francisco, Cruise control, Automatic transmission, Electronic stability control, Carburetor, Manual transmission, Technology Internet, Electronic throttle control, Throttle, Drive by wire
Regulators slam Toyota over 'no defect' claim
Toyota :: Japan | 25 days ago
Credibility Federal safety regulators have sharply rebuked Toyota Motor Corp. for issuing "inaccurate and misleading" statements asserting that no defect exists in the 3.8 million vehicles it recalled after a Lexus sedan accelerated out of control in San Diego County,...
Senate eyes jobless aid, home credit
Washington :: DC :: USA | 27 days ago
Credibility A $20 billion-plus package of homebuyer and business tax breaks was advanced in the Senate Monday, together with a precedent-setting expansion of unemployment benefits to help carry the jobless through the holiday season. Ending weeks of delay, all but...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota Motor Sales, floor mats, unemployment benefits, jobless benefits, tax credit, Comcast Corp.
Widow asks Toyota to act quickly on floor mats
Toyota :: Japan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Two years before the fatal accident that prompted Toyota to warn 3.8 million American car owners to take out floor mats, Troy Johnson died in a crash also suspected of being caused by a floor mat jamming an accelerator...Thursday to act quickly to prevent...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp, floor mats, U.S
Toyota recall no problem for NZ drivers (NZPA)
Toyota :: Japan | about 1 month ago
Credibility A large scale recall of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the United States does not affect New Zealand drivers, the company says. Toyota Motor Corp has recalled 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to deal with problematic floor mats that could cause...
Toyota formally recalls 3.' million vehicles
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility United States to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas pedal to get stuck and cause a crash. The automaker formally informed the federal government of the recall in a letter Monday...Toyota said last week it would recall the vehicles...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., floor mats, million vehicles, San Jose
Business › Toyota chief calls for once-in-a-century shakeup to revive industry
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda said Friday a ‘‘once-in-a-century shakeup’’ is necessary to free the battered auto industry from oil dependence and promised to bring the company back to its roots in pursuing a customer-first policy. Toyoda also...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp, Akio Toyoda, president akio, floor mats
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