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Toyota Recall: California Prosecutors Suing Toyota Because of Acceleration Problems

Posted on March 13, 2010
The Detroit Free Press and BBC News have reported that prosecutors in Orange County, California will sue Toyota because Toyota knew about defects in several Toyota model lines, but did not tell consumers. From the BBC: Officials in Orange County, in southern California, claim Toyota knew of defects with the acceleration system in several models, but did not tell customers...

Harry Reid's Wife & Daughter Seriously Injured In Tractor Trailer Crash

Posted on March 12, 2010
News outlets across the country -- including the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Politico, CNN and NBC News -- have reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife, Landra, and daughter, Lana, were critically injured when a semi truck slammed into the back of the family's minivan on a Virginia freeway...

Toyota Recall: Are Criminal Charges Against Toyota Coming Next?

Posted on March 11, 2010
After at least 34 Toyota sudden acceleration deaths, attempts to cover up the sudden acceleration problem since 1986, and lie after lie after lie, USA Today has reported that Toyota may face criminal charges stemming from its handling of the sudden unintended acceleration problem...

Toyota Recall: NHTSA Considers New Rules For "Smart" Brakes; Black Boxes

Posted on March 11, 2010
In the fallout of Toyota's massive sudden acceleration recall, the Wall Street Journal reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") is considering tougher regulations requiring "smart brake" technology and "black box" data recorders for US vehicles...

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Toyota Recall: Runaway Prius Rescued By California Highway Patrol

Posted on March 09, 2010
News sources across the country, including Fox News, the Today Show on NBC and the Los Angeles Times, have reported on a runaway Toyota Prius that was rescued by California Highway Patrol officers after Prius's accelerator stuck in what is yet another Toyota sudden unintended acceleration event...

Toyota Recall: What's Toyota Saying About Electronics Failures Now?

Posted on March 08, 2010
You knew it would come to this, didn't you? Toyota has denied that its electronics contributed to the sudden acceleration problem for years. Since last year, safety experts across the country have pointed to Toyota's electronic throttles as a cause of the unintended acceleration problem...

Toyota Recall: Exponent Testing Designed For Toyota's Lawyers, Not For Safety

Posted on March 08, 2010
Toyota executives told Congress in sworn testimony that it gave a consulting company called Exponent an unlimited budget to research electromagnetic sources of Toyota's sudden acceleration problems. However, after an automotive professor, David Gilbert, successfully demonstrated that Toyota's "failsafe" electronics claims were false, Toyota has taken off the gloves and spent the last several days attacking Professor Gilbert and his findings...

Baldwin City Woman Seriously Injured When Vehicle Struck By Train Near Wellsville, KS

Posted on March 06, 2010
Several sources, including KMBC-TV, The Topeka Capital Journal, and the Lawrence Journal-World & News, have reported that a 43-year-old Baldwin City woman was hurt badly when her 2004 Ford Explorer was struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train near Wellsville in Franklin County, Kansas...

Lawmaker Looks To Powerball To Cover Budget Shortfall

Posted on March 05, 2010
Several sources, including St. Louis Public Radio, Examiner.com and Talking Points Memo, have reported that a Missouri lawmaker filed a bill to gamble a portion of the Governor's salary each month on Powerball lottery tickets in order to cover a possible budget shortfall...

Toyota Recall: UPDATE - Toyota Recalls Not Fixing Acceleration Problem

Posted on March 05, 2010
I've been saying it for months and reported it here again yesterday: Toyota's recall fixes are not working. Now, the post-recall sudden acceleration complaints keep growing. According to the New York Times, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") is investigating the continued accleration problem in vehicles that have already had the recall fixes...

What?!? Child Directs Air Traffic Control At JFK Airport

Posted on March 05, 2010
According to reports from CNN and The Wall Street Journal, an air traffic controller and his supervisor at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York allowed the controller's 10-year-old son to send radio instructions to pilots. An internal memo blasts the controller and supervisor for "unauthorized and unprofessional" conduct...

Yaz Side Effects: More Activity In Yaz MDL Lawsuits

Posted on March 04, 2010
Because of several serious -- and sometimes deadly -- side effects, thousands of women across the United States have filed lawsuits against the makers of popular birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. Because of the large number of Yaz cases, all of the individual plaintiffs have been combined into a "multi-district litigation" (or "MDL") in federal court...

Toyota Recall: Owners Say Recalls Not Fixing Acceleration Problem

Posted on March 04, 2010
Toyota's recall fixes are not working. I have been saying it here for months. Safety expert, Sean Kane has said it. Toyota officials admitted it in sworn testimony. Now, the mainstream media networks and the Associated Press are finally reporting it. Toyota's multiple recalls for sudden acceleration are not fixing the problem...

Toyota Recall: Camry Vehicles Not Subject To Recall Have Acceleration Problem

Posted on March 03, 2010
While Toyota has recalled 2007 and newer Camry vehicles because of the sudden acceleration problem, it has not recalled earlier (2002-06) Camry models. Now, the New York Times has confirmed what I've been writing here since Janurary -- Toyota's recall did not go far enough and Camry vehicles not yet recalled show sudden acceleration rates just as high as the recalled models...

Toyota Recall: Who Is Toyota President Akio Toyoda?

Posted on March 03, 2010
Toyota has recalled more than 10 million vehicles worldwide and sent its president, Akio Toyoda, to testify before the United States Congress. In the nearly six months since the tragic sudden acceleration crash that killed California highway patrolman Mark Saylor and his family...

More Recall: First Toyota, Now GM

Posted on March 03, 2010
CNN has reported that General Motors has recalled 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac models because of power steering failures that caused at least 14 crashes and one injury. From CNN: The recall affects 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007-2010 Pontiac G5 models sold in the United States, 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit vehicles sold in Canada, and 2005-2006 Pontiac G4 models sold in Mexico...

Toyota Recall: Engineering Professor Recreates Toyota Sudden Acceleration With Short Circuit

Posted on February 24, 2010
ABC News has reported that an engineering professor, David Gilbert, has recreated the Toyota sudden acceleration problem by inducing a short circuit: In congressional hearings yesterday, Toyota USA's chief executive admitted that Toyota's own experts had replicated the results from professor Gilbert's tests...

Toyota Recall: Safety Research & Strategies Releases Full Report On Sudden Acceleration Problem

Posted on February 05, 2010
Sean Kane and the excellent staff members at Safety Research & Strategies have been documenting the sudden acceleration (aka sudden unintended acceleration or "SUA") problems that have plagued Toyota and led to the recall of more than 9 million vehicles...

Pilot Error; Poor Training Blamed In Colgan Air Flight 3407 Crash

Posted on February 05, 2010
The NTSB has issued its findings about what caused Colgan Air Flight 3407 to crash a year ago outside Buffalo, New York. Several sources, including this one, have reported on the NTSB's findings, which blamed pilot error and poor training for the crash that killed all on board...

Toyota Recall: New Study Blames Electronic Throttle Control For Sudden Acceleration

Posted on February 04, 2010
Sean Kane and Safety Research & Strategies have reported a study showing that Toyota's electronic throttle controls as the likely culprit for the sudden acceleration problem. A new scientific report from Quality Control Systems Corp. finds that the proportion of consumer complaints related to vehicle speed control in some Toyota Camry, Tacoma, and Lexus ES vehicles is substantially higher in those models with electronic throttle control systems (Toyota's 'ETCS-i') than it is for the same models without electronic throttle control...

Same Song, Different Verse: Toyota Knew About Prius Brake Problems, But Didn't Tell You

Posted on February 04, 2010
After dragging its feet and being called "safety deaf" on the sudden acceleration recall, Toyota has done it again. CNN has reported that Toyota knew of the problems with its Prius brakes long before warning its drivers, customers and innocent motorists...

Toyota Posts $1.7 Billion Quarterly Profit Despite Recall

Posted on February 04, 2010
Several news outlets, including CNN (see video above) and the Associated Press have reported that Toyota made $1.7 billion during the months of October, November and December 2009 despite recall woes stemming from Toyota's sudden acceleration problem...

Toyota Recall Woes Extend To Prius

Posted on February 04, 2010
Toyota's recall and auto defect woes extended yesterday to include a newly discovered defect with Toyota Prius brakes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told the Associated Press that it has received 124 reports from Toyota owners and drivers, including reports of four crashes...

Toyota Recall: Experts Point To Electronics; Electro-Magnetic Interference

Posted on February 04, 2010
As I have documented for months, many experts believe Toyota's sudden acceleration problem stems primarily from a defect in the vehicles' electronics - the electronic throttle controls and the on-board computer. Now, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (who drives a Toyota Prius) and US safety officials are publicly investigating Toyota's electronics...

Toyota Recall: US Transportation Secretary Tells Toyota Owners: "Stop Driving It"

Posted on February 03, 2010
As I have documented here for the last several months, Toyota has known about -- and ignored -- its sudden acceleration problem for more than five years. Instead of acknowledging and repairing this widespread defect, Toyota waited years to acknowledge the defect and instead blamed its own customers...

US Safety Officials Probe Electronics In Toyota Recall

Posted on February 03, 2010
After years with their proverbial heads in the sand, US safety officials will finally investigate whether Toyota's sudden acceleration problems are caused by the vehicles' electrical system. Federal investigators are looking into whether the problem with Toyota gas pedals goes beyond the fix announced by the company Monday and involves the vehicles' electrical system...

On A Lighter Note: A Creative Explanation For Toyota's Recall

Posted on February 03, 2010
I have been -- and remain -- fiercely critical of Toyota's conduct regarding its sudden acceleration problem and the delayed and piecemeal nature of the sudden acceleration recall. As I have documented here for the last several months, Toyota has known about -- and ignored -- its sudden acceleration problem for more than five years...

Safety Lacking At Regional Airlines: Poor Training, Maintenance and Oversight

Posted on January 03, 2010
Last week, I commented on a an article from The Buffalo News, whose investigation found that many pilots at smaller regional airlines are dangerously undertrained. This post has generated a spirited debate in the comments section of the post (and I appreciate everyone's comments)...

Two Studies Find Shortfalls In FDA Approval Process: Safety Lacking

Posted on January 03, 2010
The Associated Press has reported that two independent studies have found shortfalls in the FDA approval process for heart devices, such as pacemakers and stents, leading to safety lapses. The Food and Drug Administration is the nation's top watchdog of food, pharmaceutical products and medical devices...

Illinois Toy Company Fined $1.25 million For Lead Paint In Toys

Posted on January 03, 2010
Nasdaq.com has reported that an Oak Brook, Illinois toymaker, RC2 Corp. has been slapped with a $1.25 million fine for violating the US government's lead paint ban. The toys in question were Thomas and Friends train sets sold between 2005 and 2007. "More than two dozen styles of vehicles, buildings and other train set components" had paint that violated the federal lead limit, the commission noted...

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