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Regulators Raid Toyota Offices Over Safety Scandal, Sending Stock Down
Jun 4 2024 // Toyota Motor Corp. and other carmakers embroiled in a fresh certification scandal halted shipments of a handful of models and saw their offices raided by government officials, but the impact on their customers and...
Japan Auto Safety Scandal Widens; Toyota Halts Shipments of Some Vehicles
Jun 3 2024 // A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify...
Toyota Recalls 380,000 Trucks Over Axle Issue That Could Raise Risk of Crash
Mar 5 2024 // Toyota Motor said Friday it is recalling about 380,000 trucks in the United States over an axle issue that could increase the risk of a crash. The recall covers 2022 and 2023 model year Tacoma vehicles because an axle...
Toyota Recalling Over 1 Million Vehicles Over Potential Air Bag Issue
Dec 21 2023 // Toyota Motor said on Wednesday it will recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide because a short circuit in a sensor could cause air bags not to deploy as designed. The recall covers 2020 through 2022 model year vehicles...
Toyota’s Daihatsu Unit to Halt All Vehicle Shipments, in Widening Safety Scandal
Dec 20 2023 // Toyota Motor’s Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan’s biggest automaker said on Wednesday, after a safety scandal investigation found issues involving 64 models, including almost two...
Toyota Doubles Investment at North Carolina EV Battery Plant
Nov 2 2023 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and electric vehicle battery factory it`s constructing in North Carolina, more than doubling its prior investments and expected number of...
What Caused Closure of Toyota’s 14 Assembly Plants in Japan?
Aug 30 2023 // Toyota Motor was ramping back production at its Japan-based factories on Wednesday after a computer system processing orders for vehicle parts broke down on Tuesday, forcing the closure of 14 assembly plants. The...
Toyota’s Japan Production at Standstill as System Failure Hits All 14 Assembly Plants
Aug 29 2023 // Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday said it has suspended operations at all 14 of its assembly plants in Japan due to a production system malfunction, bringing domestic output to a standstill at the world’s biggest-selling...
Toyota Blames Human Error for Leak of Vehicle Data of 2 Million Users in Japan
May 12 2023 // Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday the vehicle data of 2.15 million users in Japan, or almost the entire customer base who signed up for its main cloud service platforms since 2012, had been publicly available for a decade...
Toyota-Subsidiary Daihatsu Rigged Safety Tests for 88,000 Cars
May 1 2023 // Toyota Motor Corp. affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars, most of which were sold under the Toyota brand, the companies said on Friday. They said...
Toyota Reaches Potential $150M Settlement Over Fuel Pump Recalls
Sep 9 2022 // Toyota Motor Corp. reached a settlement potentially worth $150 million to resolve U.S. class-action litigation tied to recalls of about 3.36 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles whose defective fuel pumps could cause engines...
Toyota’s Hino Suspends Small Truck Shipments as Data Falsification Scandal Deepens
Aug 22 2022 // Japan’s Hino Motors will suspend shipments of small trucks after confirming that a widespread data falsification scandal included those models, it said on Monday, highlighting deepening problems at the Toyota Motor...
Cyberattack on Toyota Supplier Shows How Small Firms Can Pose Big Threat
Mar 3 2022 // The cyberattack on a Toyota Motor Corp. supplier that brought the automaker’s domestic production to a halt shows how more vulnerable small firms can pose a big threat that Japan needs to do more to address,...
Toyota Suspends Tokyo Factory Operations After Suspected Cyber Attack
Mar 1 2022 // Toyota Motor Corp. said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected cyber attack. No...
Toyota Settles Lawsuit That Blamed Employee’s Suicide on Overwork, Harassment
Feb 2 2022 // TOKYO (AP) – Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its employees. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda has apologized to the family, the Japanese automaker said...
Toyota Offering Auto Insurance With Farmers’ Toggle in 5 States With More to Come
Dec 10 2021 // Automaker Toyota’s insurance arm has begun selling its first branded insurance coverage, Toyota Auto Insurance, in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina, and will soon be offering the coverage in...
Toyota to Restart Paralympic Village Driverless Vehicles Following Accident
Aug 31 2021 // Toyota Motor said on Monday it would resume operations of its self-driving e-Palette pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village with greater operator control and more safety staff to ensure they did not hit any more...
Toyota Constructs a Sensor-Laden Entire City to Test Its Self-Driving Cars
Apr 29 2021 // In late February, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gathered with a handful of Shinto priests in a white tent at the foot of Mount Fuji. The group prayed — as is customary when embarking on new builds in Japan —...
U.S. Conducting Probe of 1.9M Toyota RAV4s Over Fire Risk
Mar 2 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday said they have opened an investigation into nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 sport-utility vehicles over potential fire risks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
Toyota Insurance in Europe Joins Swiss Re’s Vehicle Risk Rating System
Sep 23 2020 // Toyota is the newest partner in the Swiss Re platform that provides a risk score on vehicles so insurers can develop premiums that reflect new safety features. Through this partnership with Toyota Insurance Services...
