Man I cant believe my sucky luck.I've been sort of browzing well over a year now and I finally made my move,a 2010 Tundra.Not even a week after I get it we get the news about the sticking gas pedal on models with the pedal made in the USA.It says something doesnt it and its not a good thing.Anyway,anyone get a notice in the mail yet?It covers a lot of popular models.Man I love toyota I still have my 99 pickup and dont plan on selling it.Its my dogs car he's not allowed in my new one lol

Aw man kids nobody comes to this forum why couldnt you have just left it where the action is in the den.I'd have heard something there about it man I think you kids dont love me at all

[Yes4Prop215]

i rock a toyota too never had a problem with gas petals its a highlander though.

ive been saving up for a truck purchase i was looking at 2006 tacoma crew TRD but now im wondering if i should go GMC or something else...

[Gypsy Nirvana]

I have a 2006 Hi-Lux 4x4 3litre intercooled turbo-diesel out in Asia and it's already done around 60,000 kilometers without a problem.....just change the oil every 5000.....oh and it had some new brake pads recently.....

...it's been driven HARD thru and over some of the most challenging terrain and still run's perfectly......

Mind you this re-call don't effect the area I am in....

[the lonely shoe]

love my wagon camper.....most reliable motor i've had .....and it runs on veg oil

[Stoner4Life]

Still love your toyota? welcome to the you're dumber than a box of rocks club.......

It now appears that the friggin' japs were willing and planning to have Americans die in their defective piece of shit cars.




Lawmaker: Toyota withheld key evidence
Rep. Towns accuses automaker of shielding vehicle testing data





WASHINGTON - A House lawmaker said Friday that internal Toyota documents show the automaker deliberately withheld key vehicle design and testing evidence in lawsuits filed by Toyota drivers injured in crashes.

In a letter to Toyota's top North American executive, House oversight committee Chairman Edolphus Towns accused Toyota of shielding its testing data on potential problems with Toyota vehicles. Towns wrote that Toyota chose to enter hefty settlements with plaintiffs to avoid disclosing the database, which the lawmaker said was referred to as the "Books of Knowledge."

The Toyota documents "show a systematic disregard for the law and routine violation of court discovery orders in litigation," Towns wrote in the letter to Yoshimi Inaba.

Towns asked Inaba to respond to the issues raised by the documents by March 12.

Toyota said in a statement that it is confident it acted appropriately in product liability lawsuits, and it looks forward to addressing Towns' concerns. The automaker said it is not uncommon for companies to object to demands for documents made in lawsuits.

"Consistent with that philosophy, we take appropriate steps to maintain the confidentiality of competitive business information and trade secrets," the statement said.

Hearing next week
Inaba and Toyota President Akio Toyoda appeared before the committee on Wednesday, the second of two House hearings this week on Toyota's recall of 8.5 million vehicles over safety concerns. Toyota turned over thousands of internal documents before the hearings. A third Toyota hearing is scheduled for next week in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

Lawmakers and federal safety regulators have accused Toyota of concealing safety problems over cases of sudden unintended acceleration due to gas pedal problems. The company has pledged to be more responsive to customer complaints and safety warnings.

The oversight committee also subpoenaed records from Dimitrios Biller, the former managing counsel of Toyota's U.S.-based product liability group. Biller, who worked at Toyota from 2003 to 2007, dealt with lawsuits against the company for vehicle rollover crashes.

In a July lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, Biller accused Toyota of conspiring to withhold evidence in the rollover cases and forcing him to resign when he told the company it had a legal duty to release evidence to plaintiffs' attorneys.

The lawsuit says Biller was harassed by Toyota and suffered a "complete mental and physical breakdown." He made a wrongful discharge claim and agreed to a $3.7 million severance package.


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According to memos Biller provided to the committee, Toyota had a database covering design problems and "countermeasures" that it developed to resolve the rollover problems. It could be searched by vehicles or component part, and was kept by Toyota's technical center. Biller said he discovered the database while working on a case, and warned that it should be released during litigation.

Biller wrote in an e-mail that he agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in 2006 to avoid disclosure in a roll-over case. He also warned that the company needed to keep better track of cases of unintended acceleration.

Biller and his attorney did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

In an October statement, Toyota said Biller's actions were motivated by personal financial interests and denied that he resigned due to legal ethics concerns.

His actions while defending Toyota in rollover lawsuits are "wholly inconsistent" with allegations raised in his claims against the automaker, Toyota said.

Expanded services
Also Friday, the Canadian government called for an investigation into the recall of 270,000 vehicles made by Toyota in Canada for safety concerns, and a conservative member of parliament asked that Toyota executives appear before legislators.

Toyota officially said Friday that it will extend nationwide some recall-related services that it was offering to customers only in the state of New York.

The added services will be tailored to a customer's needs and can include quick scheduling of repairs, pick up and return of their vehicle by the dealer, driving a customer to work, or providing alternate transportation such as a loaner or rental car.

The services will be offered to all Toyota and Lexus owners in the U.S. whose vehicles are covered by sticky pedal, floor mat, antilock brake or drive shaft-related recalls.

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Dealers or owners will be reimbursed for their recall-related expenses. The reimbursement is in addition to $7,500 to $75,000 that the company already is paying dealers as part of the recalls.

Toyota said it reached agreement with Attorneys General in other states to offer the services. The services initially were announced Wednesday as part of an agreement between Toyota and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, but an executive later told a congressional committee they would be extended nationwide.

[Gypsy Nirvana]

well......my Toyota was made in Thailand as many were and still are out here......and I have not heard of any negative reports on this model as to defective parts etc so far.....

[Stoner4Life]

Toyota drivers beware & be wary of buying again.

I saw a video demonstration done on a repaired Toyota with the recall fix protocols done to it. Same problem, can't be denied (except by the lying yota execs) these cars are dangerous and the company is going to be in financial trouble soon.

own stock in Toyota? sell! sell!! sell!!!


Ken Thomas and Stephen Manning, Associated Press Writers, On Thursday March 4, 2010, 7:53 pm EST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government said Thursday it has received more than 60 complaints from Toyota drivers who say their cars have sped up by themselves even after being fixed to correct the problem.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is contacting every owner to learn more about the consumer reports. The complaints, which are submitted online or through a NHTSA hot line, have not been independently verified.

"We are determined to get to the bottom of this," NHTSA administrator David Strickland said in a statement.

The new complaints, while small in number compared to Toyota's population of recalled vehicles, raise questions about whether Toyota's repairs will prevent reports of sudden unintended acceleration or if there could be electronic causes behind the safety issues. The world's No. 1 automaker has recalled more than 8 million vehicles worldwide to address gas pedals that can become sticky or trapped under floor mats, prompting scrutiny from Congress and federal prosecutors over the safety of its vehicles.

NHTSA has linked 52 deaths to crashes allegedly caused by Toyota's acceleration problems.

Toyota dealers have been installing a metal piece the size of a postage stamp and shortening gas pedals to address the problems. But the government said if the remedy provided by Toyota is not addressing the issue, NHTSA could order Toyota to provide a different solution.

Toyota spokeswoman Martha Voss said the company has "rigorously tested the solutions for our recent recalls and we are confident that with the repairs our dealerships are making, Toyota vehicles are among the safest on the road today. We are equally determined to get to the bottom of these reports and we are making it a top priority to quickly investigate any complaints."

The driver of a 2008 Camry, which received fixes under two Toyota recalls, wrote in a complaint that the sedan speeds up when it is started. "I can drive up to 30 miles an hour without applying the gas," the driver wrote.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a Senate appropriations subcommittee Thursday that drivers who are still having problems after the fixes should take their cars or trucks back to the dealer.

During three congressional hearings, Toyota executives said all new models sold in the United States will have the override system by 2011 and many recalled vehicles will be retrofitted with the brake override as a precaution. Toyota said it has fixed about 1 million recalled vehicles.

A panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that deals with consumer protection told lawmakers Thursday it plans to hold a March 11 hearing to look at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The hearing was titled, "NHTSA Oversight: The Road Ahead."

[Stoner4Life]

Feds probe Toyota Prius crash in NYC suburb


HARRISON, N.Y. – The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said it accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.

The crash heightens the attention surrounding unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles and a recall involving more than 8 million vehicles to address gas pedals that can become sticky or trapped under floor mats.

The Department of Transportation is looking into the New York crash, spokeswoman Olivia Alair said Wednesday.

Capt. Anthony Marraccini of the police department in Harrison, north of New York City, said that a regional Toyota official asked to collect the Prius involved in the crash but that the police are "not prepared to release it just yet."

He said he wanted to see first if a federal agency wants to join or take over the investigation. "This involved potentially a great safety hazard and could be something of national interest," he said. Besides, he said, the damaged car belongs to the owner, not to Toyota.

When police release the Prius, Toyota will evaluate it to determine the cause of the accident, company spokesman Brian Lyons said.

The silver-gray 2005 Prius was taken to a police parking lot. Its front end was severely pushed in, the hood was buckled and the front bumper and one front headlight were broken.

Police believe the vehicle was on Toyota's recall list for the sticky accelerator problem, but they had no immediate proof that this one had the problem, Marraccini said. The vehicle had been serviced by Toyota for the floor mat problem, he said.

The driver, a 56-year-old housekeeper, was going forward in the car on Tuesday, down a curving driveway several hundred feet long with a putting green next to it, when the accident happened, Marraccini said.

"She said she doesn't know whether the accelerator stuck," Marraccini said. "She said she didn't depress it that much because she was just pulling out of the driveway."

He said she was lucky to escape serious injury because she could have driven into traffic and the impact with the wall "was pretty substantial." he said police did not yet know how fast the car was going.

The captain said police would consider the possibility that the driver, whose name was not made public, was at fault. But he added, "She appears to have all her faculties. She didn't appear to be disoriented in any way. There's nothing at this particular time that would indicate driver error."

He said she appeared to be properly licensed.

The air bags deployed when the car hit the stone wall of the estate across the street. On Wednesday, five boulders and smaller filler stones were strewn about, some of them 10 feet from the wall. Broken glass, plastic headlight pieces and metal that looked like part of a window frame were nearby.

Toyota is fighting fears that the crashes are caused by faulty electronics rather than by mechanical problems.

On Monday, California police stopped a runaway 2008 Prius going nearly 95 mph after the driver said the pedal jammed. Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are investigating.

All 2004-2009 Priuses are covered by a recall Toyota announced in October over floor-mat entrapment. Toyota has advised drivers of the Prius and other affected vehicles to take out any removable driver's floor mat until they are repaired.

Scrap dealers/junk yard owners across the country are giggling as they'll still just give you $150, even for your 2008 Toyota.

I always said somebody would have to give me a japanese car for me to drive one, they did, I was given a 2005 honda accord (32K miles) and then I sold it. I don't drive jap crap.

[beejaybug]

you probably wont get anything in the mail. You need to call the dealership to schedule an appointment to fix brakes and or floormats. But as we are seeing in the news, it is not a guaranteed fix.