How Much will Toyota’s Mistakes cost It?
Right after their Sudden Acceleration Recalls, Toyota Motor Corp. now is under scrutiny for stopping matters on the Prius, Toyotas favorite hybrid. According to Ray LaHood, Transportation Secretary, Transportation officials will begin an investigation after write ups were obtained that the Japanese regime has broached an investigation concerning brake misfunction charges, reported by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
Reported by a charge lodged 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 current issue is on top of Toyotas recall of 3,800,000 autos in November 2009 to restore throttle pedals in addition to computer software to address what has been reported as emergent acceleration problems, which was followed by the latest sudden acceleration recall on Jan. 21, 2010 when Toyota declared a recall for 2,300,000 vehicles. Reported by a USA work titled “100 Toyota drivers filed complaints before recall”, there were over 1 hundred charges registered prior to Toyota taking action.
Of Late, Ray LaHood made statements which call into question Toyotas action on the sudden acceleration topic. 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.” During a Congressional hearing on Feb. 3, 2010, the Transportation Secretary articulated that owners of recalled Toyotas should stop operating using them until the Toyotas are fixed.
And now Toyota papers, which Toyota is seeking to hold from the populace may bespeak a possible cover up. A onetime Toyota attorney, Dimitrios Biller, as part of his legal action against Toyota has proclaimed that Toyota has hidden safety evidence during rollover cases. During Dec., Biller sent word to Toyota that he would furnish a full copy of the papers he controlled to the Los Angeles Times. Toyota replied by asking a CA arbitrator to prevent Mr. Biller from showing the written documents to anyone. If Toyota holds nil to hide in the rollover lawsuits and has provided another lawyer the exact written documents that Biller possesses, as Toyota has suggested, what does it have to conceal?
These on-going series of events, the Prius braking trouble in addition to the past lawyer insinuating that the car maker hid papers, in addition to the Transportation Secretarys statements regarding the auto makers handling of the sudden acceleration recall are bringing a lot of scrutiny on Toyota, questioning the companys credibility. Can the car maker be able to rectify it?
