Toyota Gets in World’s Most Admired Companies Top 10
8 Mar 2010, 09:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A while ago Toyota was a role model for all the automakers worldwide. The largest car producer in the world seemed to have everything figured out and money kept pouring from every direction, until i...
Toyota Investigates Post-Fix Unintended Acceleration
5 Mar 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking note of the increasing number of reports claiming the unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles did not magically go away after the carmaker applied its acclaimed fix, the Japanese manufactu...
Nissan Announced 500,000 Vehicle Recall
4 Mar 2010, 07:35 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After the Toyota recall fiasco, car producers are being more and more careful. Just today Nissan has announced it will recall to inspect and, where necessary, repair brake pedal pins and fuel-gauge ...
GM Recalls 1.3 Million Chevy and Pontiac on Power Steering Issues
2 Mar 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today somewhat of a large recall, with no less than 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac vehicles to be send for repairs to the motor in the power steering system. ...
Toyota Recalls Avalon, RAV4 on Oil Line Issue
2 Mar 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although this latest development is in no way related to the 8 million vehicles recall to fix sudden accelerator problems in Toyota vehicles, it's difficult to see how would this not add to the...
Akio Toyoda Apologizes to China
1 Mar 2010, 15:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced since yesterday, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda traveled to China to make amends for the company's huge recall. Then CEO apologized in front of 300 reporters in Beijing but, unlike ...
Toyota Recall May Cause Criminal Case to Be Reexamined
1 Mar 2010, 15:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The largest recall in the history of Toyota, as well as the recent revelations caused by the release of the Biller documents keep on causing interesting effects, some more unlikely than others. ...
Toyota Expands Additional Services Nationwide
28 Feb 2010, 20:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After late last week Japanese carmaker Toyota announced it will be providing additional services to Toyota and Lexus customers in New York affected by the recalls (sticking accelerator pedals, floor...
Ed Towns Corners Toyota on Whistle Blower Documents
28 Feb 2010, 20:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although when the Biller incident happened last year, Toyota somehow managed to avoid being caught dirty handed, all the attention it received due to the huge recall of late 2009 - early 2010 broug...
Toyota to Address Safety Issues in Beijing
28 Feb 2010, 20:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a week like no other for Japanese carmaker Toyota's management in the US, the battle to win back the hearts and minds of consumers will move to China, where Toyota will address the sa...
Toyota Offers Additional Services for New York Customers
25 Feb 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After this week's Congressional hearings failed to shed any clear light on the massive Toyota recall, the Japanese carmaker went back to trying and regain consumer confidence by announcing it w...
Hyundai Sonata Sales Halted and 1,300 Cars Recalled
24 Feb 2010, 08:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2011 Hyundai Sonata has already made many people consider it as an option even before reaching showroom floors. Unfortunately, it seems that it has tripped a bit while making its first steps: Hy...
Congressman Begins Attack on Toyota
23 Feb 2010, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., fired the first shot in the battle which will peak with Tuesday's Congressional hearing on the Toyota recall. According ...
Toyota Recall Expands to Tacoma, Venza, Sequoia
23 Feb 2010, 07:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a move which screams "better safe than sorry", Japanese carmaker Toyota announced yesterday it will install a brake override feature on an expanded range. Officially dubbed a measure to...
Toyota Recall Reignites Whistleblower Claims
19 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not sure how many of you recall the events of last autumn, when a former Toyota employee, Dimitrios Biller, accused the Japanese carmaker of covering up and even destroying evidence regarding rollov...
Toyoda Won't Come Before Congress, Sends Inaba
17 Feb 2010, 15:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a move we are not yet sure is very smart for Toyota, given the current circumstances, the company's CEO, Akio Toyoda, will not come before Congress to ask questions regarding the huge recall...
Nissan Investigates Driveshaft Defects
17 Feb 2010, 09:48 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After Toyota, another Japanese car manufacturer seems to have some problems in terms of recalls, as Nissan confirmed that it is investigating potential driveshaft problems in North America, as a Res...
Toyota to Idle US Plants. Again...
17 Feb 2010, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota announced yesterday it will have to close some of its North American facilities again, in an effort to keep the inventory levels as acceptable levels. Although the carma...
More Deaths Blamed on Toyota
16 Feb 2010, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although the storm seems to get close to the end for Japanese carmaker Toyota, after all the intricate details of its huge recall appear to have been revealed, the number of complaints regarding Toy...
Toyota Investigates its Electronic Throttle Control System
15 Feb 2010, 08:55 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota’s biggest recall involving about 8 million units is due to a faulty accelerator pedal, and the Japanese car manufacturer explained that the error was not related to the accelerator&rsqu...