U.S. DOT Turns to NASA to Solve Toyota Puzzle
Mar 30, 2010
WASHINGTON - March 30, 2010: Two new major investigations are set to be launched to try and determine just what the heck is wrong with Toyotas. The Department of Transportation, not satisfied with the testing done to date, which seems to indicate that driver error is the cause of all the stories about sudden unintended ... Continue reading
URGENT-STOP DRIVING NOW!: GM Recalls 5,000 2010 Heavy Duty Vans for Engine Fire Risk
Mar 28, 2010
Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana Vans Built in February and March Affected DETROIT, March 26 -- General Motors Co. is conducting a safety recall of about 5,000 heavy-duty Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana passenger and cargo vans and halting production and sale of the trucks until a fix for a suspected faulty alternator ... Continue reading
2010 Subaru Tribeca Recalled for Defective Door Latches
Mar 24, 2010
WASHINGTON â Subaru is recalling 1,585 of its 2010 Tribeca vehicles because of faulty door latches that could cause the doors to open in traffic, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "The door latch cables located inside the vehicle's driver and front passenger doors were improperly pos ... Continue reading
Mar 24, 2010
Allegations Driven by Plaintiffâs Attorneys Suing Toyota TORRANCE, Calif., March 23, 2010 â Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., (TMS) today addressed false claims regarding a 2002 Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) published by Toyota, as reported by CNNâs special investigations unit. On the CNN segment, plai ... Continue reading
New York Police Agree Driver Error Caused Prius Crash
Mar 23, 2010
<p>Washington DC March 23, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that police who investigated the crash of a Toyota Prius in the New York suburbs said Monday they agreed with federal regulators that driver error caused it. According to USA Today, the investigation found that the driver, Gloria Rosel, never braked before ... Continue reading
Feds: Human Error Caused Prius Crash
Mar 21, 2010
According to The Detroit News, federal investigators say last week's highly publicized accident involving a suspected runaway Toyota Prius in New York was caused by human error, not bad brakes. "Information retrieved from the vehicle's onboard computer systems indicated there was no application of the brakes and the th ... Continue reading
U.S. Says Driver Error Possible in NY Prius Crash
Mar 18, 2010
WASHINGTON - March 18, 2010: Reuters is reporting that U.S. safety officials believe driver error may be behind the crash in New York of a Toyota Prius that has been investigated as a possible case of unintended acceleration. Federal investigators made the report available today, Thursday. According to the report, the ... Continue reading
Mar 15, 2010
Toyota Engineers Conclude Two Days of Investigation; Driver's Account Of Event Inconsistent With Initial Findings SAN DIEGO, March 15 -- At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on March 10 and 11 ... Continue reading
Is James Sikes and His Prius the Latest "Balloon Boy" Story?
Mar 14, 2010
By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Last Tuesday, just one day after Toyota staged a live video demonstration that utterly destroyed the ridiculous tests conducted by Sean Kane and Professor Gilbert; we were all treated to the latest Toyota SUA (sudden unintended acceleration) story. This one involved a ... Continue reading
Toyota Responds to Inaccurate Reports of Future Prius Recall for Floormat Entrapment
Mar 10, 2010
TORRANCE, CA - March 10, 2010: Media reports, citing a Wall Street Journal article, have incorrectly reported that Toyota plans to announce a new recall for the 2004-2009 Prius to address the potential risk for floor mat entrapment of accelerator pedals. There is no new recall being planned for the Prius to address thi ... Continue reading
Who is Sean Kane, the Man Behind the Bogus Gilbert/ABC Toyota Tests?
Mar 8, 2010
AUTO CENTRAL - March 8, 2010: Back on February 5th, The Auto Channel's Marc Rauch wrote an editorial that was critical of the handling of the whole Toyota SUA situation. The editorial is titled "" and can be found by clicking on the link. In that editorial, Marc referenced a newly completed extensive study that admitte ... Continue reading
Toyota Test Refutes Claims and Smashes ABC, Gilbert and Ambulance Chasers - COMPLETE VIDEO
Mar 8, 2010
TORRANCE, CA - March 8, 2010: In a live Internet broadcast, seen in its entirety on TheAutoChannel.com, Toyota Motors conducted an extensive demonstration to refute a previous test conducted by Professor David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University, which was designed to show that Toyota vehicles have a faulty system ... Continue reading
ABC Joins CBS and NBC in Rarified Air of Fabricating Evidence ...CONGRATULATIONS!
Mar 8, 2010
March 8, 2010: Unless the will be some amazing rebuttal testimony to today's expose' of the faulty nature of the Gilbert experiment to try and prove that Toyota vehicles are bad, ABC and the legal group that co-sponsored the tests have shot themselves in the head. TheAutoChannel will have the complete video at the conc ... Continue reading
Toyota rebuts Professor Gilbert, reports nothing found wrong with remedied vehicles
Mar 8, 2010
During the first round of Congressional hearings last month, Toyota was blindsided by one Professor David Gilbert who was added to the witness list at the last minute to talk about an experiment in which he induced sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) in a late model Toyota Avalon. His test was reproduced in a shoddy A ... Continue reading
Toyota LIVE Testing Demonstration Broadcast at 1:15PM EST - WATCH IT HERE
Mar 8, 2010
NEW TESTING RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT GILBERT DEMONSTRATION ON ALLEGED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:15 p.m. EST Independent and Toyota engineers will duplicate the demonstration referenced by Prof. David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University in his Congressional testimony. This presentation will sho ... Continue reading
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