Toyota to Test All Its SUVs for Potential Safety Issues
15 Apr 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Toyota has announced that it will conduct safety tests on all its SUVs after Consumer Reports magazine warned that the Lexus GX 460 luxury SUV is prone to rollover. Toyota said on Thursday it had no...
Acura Recalls 1,850 ZDX Models for Airbag Issues
14 Apr 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Acura announced on Tuesday that it is recalling approximately 1,850 vehicles of its freshly launched 2010 ZDX crossover, the cause being a potential airbag problem. The recall is prompted by a dashb...
Toyota May Be Fined Again
11 Apr 2010, 12:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week US regulators announced they will fine Japanese carmaker Toyota $16.4 million for the way in handled the sticky pedal recall, the same regulators are now considering fining Toyota ag...
Toyota Goes on the Offensive
8 Apr 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sick and tired of being threatened with lawsuits from all over and getting hammered with internal memos and email leaked God knows through what means to the press, Japanese carmaker Toyota is making...
Toyota to Be Fined a Record $16.4 Million
6 Apr 2010, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a longer period of time than expected, it would seem US regulators decided to penalize Japanese manufacturer Toyota for its role in the massive recall which started last year and, according to...
Airbag Recall: 2010 Nissan Pathfinder, Xterra
1 Apr 2010, 13:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that Toyota's safety problems are no longer in the spotlight, there's enough room for other carmakers to make the headlines with similar topics. Nissan is just an example, as the Japan...
Houston, Toyota Has a Problem: NASA Steps In
30 Mar 2010, 10:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / T minus 16 seconds: take foot of accelerator. T minus 10 seconds: put foot on brake pedal. 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... apply brake... 3... brake!... 2... BRAKE!!!... 1... brake fail, we have...
Recall Drives Toyota Europe into Idle
29 Mar 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effects of the huge recall announced by Toyota in late 2009 and early 2010 still take their toll on the sales figures of the Japanese carmaker. In Europe, poor numbers will drive idling at sever...
Stop Driving GMC Savana, Chevrolet Express: Fire Hazard
28 Mar 2010, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After discovering a very serious flaw with the alternator in some 5,000 heavy-duty Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana passenger and cargo vans, American manufacturer GM announced the recall of the aff...
Toyota UK Recall Customers Satisfied
25 Mar 2010, 16:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Toyota’s British division announced today it has managed to fix two thirds of the total vehicles affected in just six weeks, while customers have declared themselves satisfied with the recall ...
Didier Leroy Named Toyota Europe Quality Officer
24 Mar 2010, 10:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / During an unscheduled visit to the European division of his company, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda announced the appointment of Didier Leroy as Chief Quality Officer for Europe. Leroy, who is executive vi...
Toyota Struck by Evil Beams from All Around
24 Mar 2010, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the Toyota recall mystery still shrouds the US automotive industry, more and more "specialists" join the fight and begin theorizing on what may really hide behind the sudden acceleratio...
Toyota Asks to Meet US Officials Regarding Recalls
19 Mar 2010, 15:44 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota seems to be followed by bad luck at every step. According to Reuters, the Japanese car manufacturer said it wanted to meet U.S. officials to discuss an early-stage investigation of the stalli...
Toyota to Recall Two 2010 Tundras
18 Mar 2010, 13:39 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / According to recent information, Toyota is not only responsible for the largest recall in history, but also for the smallest. The Japanese car manufacturer has just announced the recall of two 2010 ...
Honda Shares Hit by Recall
17 Mar 2010, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recently announced recall of Honda Odyssey and Element models in the US has already taken its toll on the company shares, as they managed to close up 0.2 percent after trading down, behind the 1...
1990 Daihatsu Rocky Recalled in the US
10 Mar 2010, 15:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota managed to create a complete recall madness. Nowadays, whoever hears about a recall gets instantly scared, as problems seem all related to painful, fiery deaths. But that’s not always t...
Toyota Denies Another Prius Recall
10 Mar 2010, 11:30 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota officials denied today a report by the Wall Street Journal, which stated that the last generation Prius will be recalled to fix an existing accelerator problem. According to Toyota, &ldquo...
Toyota Expands Tundra Recall
10 Mar 2010, 10:59 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota seems to be unable to catch a break. According to Reuters, the Japanese car manufacturer will extend its Tundra pick-up recall to cover the entire US. The recall only affects 2000 to 2003 mod...
2010 Mitsubishi Galant Recalled in the US
9 Mar 2010, 08:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Mitsubishi has just announced a new recall, this time considering the 2010 Galant vehicles which are apparently affected by a leaking fluid issue in the transmission system. Accor...
Toyota Prius Accelerator Problems
9 Mar 2010, 08:27 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After announcing an over-8-million-car recall worldwide, it would be an understatement to say that Toyota had a lot of fixing to do. The Japanese automaker needed to address the accelerator pedal pr...