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05 February 2010
As the public magnifying glass zooms in on all the issues surrounding the Toyota recalls all Car manufacturers are probably getting nervous. As the amount of Toyota recalls rises, it’s becoming clear that the problem lies with the US Department of Transportation as much as anywhere else. Clearly there is a disconnect between consumer complaints [...]
03 February 2010
There’s no end in sight for the troubles plaguing Toyota these days. Days after 8 Toyota models were recalled, they are now being made aware of issues with the Prius. The Prius is Toyota’s third best-selling model in the United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that it has received more [...]
02 February 2010
The electric car that put Tesla on the map and gave the electric car movement a shot in the arm when it needed it, is getting the plug pulled on it barely after it was plugged-in, so to speak. As Tesla Motors goes public for the first time, a disturbing bit of info has come out [...]
01 February 2010
Two U.S. law firms have teamed up to issue a class action lawsuit against Toyota for their vehicle with defective gas pedals, on behalf of several consumers. The bizarre thing about the lawsuit is that it doesn’t seek to have Toyota recall and fix any of its cars that suffer from the defective pedals. No, Toyota [...]
29 January 2010
Toyota will be recalling eight models in Europe in order to solve a potential accelerator pedal problem, and Honda has announced that it will recall Jazz models. Is your car one of the models that’s been recalled? Up to 1.8 million Toyota cars could be affected. The models involved are • AYGO (Feb 2005 – Aug 2009) • iQ [...]
28 January 2010
In what must be a major sigh of relief for those who’ve been watching the American auto industry with concern, Ford announced today that it made $2.7 billion over the course of last year. Ford also predicted that it would continue to be profitable in 2010 as well as the rest of the foreseeable future. Ford primarily [...]
Added on 04 February 2010
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood confused millions of American Toyota ownsers when he stated that the recalled Toyota vehicles should not be driven and then came out the next day and instructed Toyota owners to drive them their dealerships where they can be checked out.
What a PR nightmare for Toyota who now has the American public looking at their cars like they are some kind of time bombs ready to accelerate them into oblivion at any second.
