More Problems for Toyota
On the heels of Toyota’s Sudden Acceleration Recalls, Toyota is under pressure for stopping matters on the Prius, Toyotas popular hybrid auto. According to Ray LaHood, Transportation Secretary, Transportation agents will set about an investigation after accounts were acquired that the Japanese authorities has broached an investigation in brake misfunction complaints, reported by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
According to a charge registered with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): My 2010 Toyota Prius has a serious braking problem, the car lunges forward after (I) apply my brakes over a bumpy surface. This is very unexpected and luckily no one was in front of me otherwise I would have hit them. This already happened several times, took my car to the dealer and no solution, I dont know what to do with a brand new (car) like this. There are many complaints with similar descriptions around problems when encountering even minor bumps and potholes with the 2010 Prius.
This latest issue is in addition to Toyotas recall of 3.8 million cars in Nov. ‘09 to repair accelerator pedals plus software to cover what was reported as abrupt acceleration troubles, which was followed by the newest sudden acceleration recall on January 21, 2010 when Toyota declared a recall for 2,300,000 autos. Contained in a USA article titled “100 Toyota drivers filed complaints before recall”, there were over 1 hundred complaints filed before Toyota made the recall announcement.
Recently, Ray LaHood provided assertions which question Toyotas action on the sudden acceleration matter. According to Mr. LaHood, “Today, Toyota is apparently taking the right steps to address these safety issues. Unfortunately it took much effort to get to this point.” While at a Congressional hearing on Feb. 3, 2010, the Transportation Secretary said that owners of recalled Toyotas should end operating using the autos until the Toyotas are fixed.
And now Toyota written documents, which the company is seeking to hold back from the populace may indicate a potential cover up. A one-time Toyota attorney, Dimitrios Biller, as a section of his legal complaint against Toyota has declared that Toyota has obscured safety evidence during rollover hearings. In Dec., Biller sent word to Toyota that he was determined to supply a thorough copy of the written documents he controlled to the Los Angeles Times. Toyota responded by requesting a CA arbitrator to obstruct Mr. Biller from sending the papers to anyone. If Toyota possesses naught to conceal in the rollover lawsuits and has presented another attorney the same written documents that Biller has, as it has evoked, what does it have to conceal?
These latest series of results, the Prius braking trouble as well as the past attorney intimating that the automaker concealed papers, in addition to the Transportation Secretarys notices concerning Toyotas handling of the sudden acceleration recall are fetching a lot of oversight on Toyota, questioning the car manufacturers believability. Will Toyota be able to regenerate its credibility?
