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Toyota Is Set To Recall 600,000 Minivans  According to CNN Money, Toyota said on Friday that it will recall about 600,000 Sienna minivans to address potential corrosion on spare tire cables. The recall includes certain 1998 to 2010 model years sold in the United States and operated in cold climate areas, the automaker said in a statement.  Toyota said "prolonged exposure" to road salts may lead ...

Toyota Is Recalling Minivans Toyota said Friday it will recall about 600,000 Sienna minivans to address potential corrosion on spare tire cables. The recall includes certain 1998 to 2010 model years sold in the United States and operated in cold climate areas, the automaker said in a statement. Toyota said "prolonged exposure" to road salts may lead to corrosion of the carrier cable in these vehicles, which could in turn cause the spare tire to fall from the car, endangering other motorists. ...

Toyota Delayed A U.S. Recall, Documents Show  The sense of frustration — and urgency — in the e-mail message was palpable. “I hate to break this to you,” a Toyota executive wrote, “but we have a tendency for mechanical failure in accelerator pedals of a certain manufacturer on certain models.” The message continued: “The time to hide on this one is over. We need to come clean,” ...

Toyota Comes Clean According to Associated Press, a U.S. company executive wrote in an internal e-mail: "We need to come clean about accelerator problems," five days before Toyota announced a massive recall. Irv Miller, Toyota's group vice president for environment and public affairs, wrote: "The time to hide on this one is over." He went on to say: "We are not protecting our cus ...

Toyota repair doc. revealed
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 00:00
An undisclosed Toyota repair document suggesting electronics are be ...

Now Honda is Planning a Recall? Brake problems on Honda Odysseys and Elements have forced the automaker to announce it will recall more than 410,000 vehicles beginning next month, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Honda's recall for brake problems is the latest in a series of recalls by Japanese automakers. The problem happens very ...

New look at old Toyota crash
Fri, 02/26/2010 - 08:59
An old Toyota car crash will get another look at because a man has ...

Toyota Official Says Recall May Not Fully Solve Safety Problem  According to the New York Times, in a congressional hearing with Toyota executives regarding its extensive recalls, a senior company executive said the company might “not totally” solve the problem of unintended sudden acceleration in its vehicles. ...

Toyota official on recall
Wed, 02/24/2010 - 01:00
A Toyota official, James Lentz, says Toyota defects are rare and bl ...

Toyota's Sales Chief Set To Apologize According to CNNMoney, Toyota Motor U.S. sales chief James Lentz will face the House subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations at Capitol Hill Tuesday. The committee is expecting Lentz to explain how the troubled automaker has managed its recent massive recall -- and what it will do in the future. Lentz said in prepared testimony that, "Put simply, it has taken us ...