Four Toyota Motor Corp. units were named as defendants in a racketeering lawsuit that claims the companies collaborated to sell cars they knew were unsafe. The lawsuit, filed Feb. 8 in federal court in Covington, Kentucky, targets Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., as well units that produce…
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Toyota Faces Massive Legal Liability From Defective Cars
Legal expenses and damages could add billions to Toyota’s recall costs, with dozens of suits pending over injuries and deaths and at least 30 seeking class-action status over lost use of vehicles. Toyota Motor Corp.’s massive recalls for acceleration and braking problems are creating a huge legal liability for the…
Toyota to Fix Gas Pedals as Lawsuits Increase
Toyota said that its dealers are working overtime to fix sticking gas pedals on some 2.1 million recalled vehicles at a rate of 50,000 per day and have so far repaired 225,000 cars. Toyota recalled 3.8 million vehicles last fall to repair what it called floor-mat “entrapment” of the gas…
Family of Crash Victim Sues Dixie Dance Hall for Serving Drinks to Driver
The parents and daughter of a man killed in a car crash have sued the bar that allegedly sold alcohol to the driver who was not only drunk, but also underage. Michael Slay Chapman died on Nov. 27 when the vehicle in which he was riding was struck by a…
Breach of Warranty Claimed in Texas Class Action Against Toyota
A Texas attorney is moving at full speed with a proposed class action against Toyota over accidents allegedly caused by stuck gas pedals, even as the automaker announced it has a remedy to put the brakes on the problem. Representing Corpus Christi residents Sylvia and Albert Pena III and others…
Toyota Recalls 2010 Prius for Brake Problems
Toyota said that it would recall 437,000 of its 2010 Priuses and other hybrid models worldwide because of a glitch in the braking system. 155,000 are in the United States and another 53,000 in Europe. Separately, Toyota also recalled 7,300 of its latest-model Camrys in the United States to fix…
Toyota Preparing to Announce Prius Fix
Toyota has told dealers it’s preparing a plan to repair the brakes on thousands of hybrid Prius cars in the U.S. In a message sent last night to dealers, a Toyota group vice president, Bob Carter, said the company is working on a plan and will disclose more details early…
Toyota Grapples With Huge Car Recall
Faced with an unprecedented recall of millions of vehicles and rivals swooping in on its customers, the public relations machine at Toyota Motor Corp — one of the most savvy brand-creators in Asia — is floundering. Toyota has consistently played down recurring complaints of unintended acceleration, breaking what PR experts…
Ohio Couple Files Lawsuit Against Toyota Over Recall
A Cincinnati couple has filed a lawsuit against Toyota charging fraud and negligence over a safety issue involving gas pedals that has caused a massive auto recall. The lawsuit, filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, seeks class-action status on behalf of all Ohio residents who have bought or leased…
More Crashes Adds toToyota’s Problems
The trip was one that Guadalupe Alberto had made many times before, just a few miles through her neighborhood to the small grocery store her family had owned for years. It was a Saturday afternoon, April 2008, and Mrs. Alberto, a 77-year-old former autoworker, was driving her 2005 Toyota Camry.…