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Federal safety investigators have notified Toyota that it will be hit with the largest fine NHTSA has ever assessed a vehicle manufacturer, $16.4 million.
The feds are saying Toyota knew it had a problem and hid it from US investigators for at least 4 months, according to news reports just out.
With the help of zero interest financing and special deals, Toyota had managed to crank its sales back up after a devastating 2 months when it couldn't stay out of the headlines. Now, it's back on front page again.
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Feds fine Toyota $16 Million for Hiding Gas Pedal Defect
Federal safety investigators have notified Toyota that it will be hit with the largest fine NHTSA has ever assessed a vehicle manufacturer, $16.4 million.
The feds are saying Toyota knew it had a problem and hid it from US investigators for at least 4 months, according to news reports just out.
With the help of zero interest financing and special deals, Toyota had managed to crank its sales back up after a devastating 2 months when it couldn't stay out of the headlines. Now, it's back on front page again.
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Subscribe in a reader- Toyota: "we Did Nothing Wrong But We'll Pay $32.4 Million More If The Us Stops Investigating What We Didn't Do"
Toyota has agreed to pay the US another $32,400,000 to shut down the US federal government's safety investigation of its self-acceleration problems and its failure to report the defect to US safety investigators timely. That's on top of the $16.4...
- Toyota Acceleration Problem Seen By Feds In August 2007
Automotive News is reporting this morning that in August 2007 federal safety investigators at NHTSA, the people in charge of motor vehicle recalls, saw electromagnetic interference cause a Toyota-built engine to rev up on its own. But they decided to...
- When Did Toyota Know Its Gas Pedals Were Bad?
AutoBlog.com has some serious and bad news about Toyota, the company whose quality and safety-commitment has not been seriously questioned in more years than most can recall. They quote the US Transportation Secretary, the same guy whose agency is in...
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- Rusty Toyota's Being Investigated
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