Personal Injury Law

Lexus Hybrid Recalled Over Fuel Leak in Crash Test

By Hurley, McKenna & Murtz

Lexus announced Friday that it was ?recalling about 17,000 of its 2010-model HS 250h hybrid sedans, after testing by federal officials found that too much gasoline had leaked in a rear-impact test?. (NY Times, Wheels, C. Jensen, 6/25). Additionally, Lexus has stated that it has instructed dealers to stop selling the cars until the problem is resolved.

In a statement, ?Toyota, the parent company of Lexus, said the HS 250h had passed rear-impact tests without a problem. It said it was investigating to find out why the test conducted by federal officials had a different result.?

The rear-impact test is conducted by ?hitting the vehicle from behind with a barrier moving at about 50 miles per hour,? and is performed both by the automaker and occasionally the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to spot check the automaker?s results.

As a car and truck accident attorney, I am hopeful that Lexus takes the NHTSA?s results very seriously and remedies the problem quickly.

Full post as published by Illinois Car and Truck Accident Lawyer Blog on June 29, 2010 (boomark / email).