Latest Toyota Headlines
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Non-U.S. Claims Against Toyota
Dec 2 2011 // Toyota Motor Corp has won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit brought by vehicle owners in 14 other countries who said their Toyotas lost value because of the Japanese automaker’s mishandling of alleged unintended...
Thai Floods Batter Global Electronics, Auto Supply Chains
Oct 28 2011 // Manufacturers of car parts and computer hard drives are the worst hit in Thailand, and face a bleak key holiday selling season due to massive floods, which have shut down production. Japanese car makers that had just...
U.S. Judge Permits Toyota Appeal in California
Jul 20 2011 // A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Toyota Motor Corp. lawyers could appeal a previous ruling allowing consumers without sudden-acceleration claims to join litigation before a Santa Ana, California, court. The ruling by...
Judge Trims Toyota Investors’ Legal Claims
Jul 12 2011 // A federal judge in California has pared back a lawsuit accusing Toyota Motor Corp. of inflating its stock price by concealing problems with unintended acceleration in its vehicles. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los...
Toyota to Face 2013 Trial Over Sudden Acceleration
Jun 13 2011 // A federal judge has chosen a Utah crash that killed two people as the first bellwether trial in nationwide litigation over whether Toyota Motor Corp. made defective vehicles that sped up unexpectedly. U.S. District Judge...
Judge Hands Toyota Owners Setback in U.S. Lawsuit Over Losses
Jun 10 2011 // A federal judge said Toyota owners outside California who seek to recover losses in their vehicles’ value resulting from unintended acceleration cannot pursue their claims under that state’s...
Toyota Still Has Internal Problems to Fix, Says Commission
May 24 2011 // Toyota Motor Corp. has a way to go to fix crisis decision-making and other shortcomings in its corporate culture that played a key role in last year’s safety debacle, a report by an advisory panel commissioned by the...
Toyota Can Be Sued for Reduced Value of Cars, U.S. Judge Rules
May 17 2011 // Owners of Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles that were recalled over unintended acceleration may pursue claims against the automaker that the problem caused the value of their cars to fall, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S....
Declarations
Apr 18 2011 // An Active Season “We expect that anomalously warm tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures, combined with neutral tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures, will contribute to an active season.” —Phil...
U.S. Judge Dismisses Non-U.S. Car Buyers’ Claims Against Toyota
Apr 5 2011 // A U.S. judge said he would dismiss claims against Toyota Motor Corp. by non-U.S. car buyers who say their vehicles lost value because of manufacturing defects. Toyota has recalled 19 million vehicles globally since 2009...
Toyota Wins New York Case over Unintended Acceleration
Apr 4 2011 // A federal jury found that Toyota Motor Corp. isn’t responsible for a 2005 crash that the driver blamed on the floor mat or the electronic throttle, in the first case to go to trial since automaker recalled millions...
U.S. Probe: Toyota Throttles Not Cause of Acceleration Accidents
Feb 8 2011 // A U.S. government investigation showed no link between electronic throttles and unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles, a victory for the world’s top automaker battered by recalls over runaway...
U.S. Findings on Toyota Throttles Due Today
Feb 8 2011 // The Obama administration will release Tuesday the findings of its long awaited review of Toyota Motor Corp.’s electronic throttles over complaints of unintended acceleration. The Transportation Department said in the...
Minnesota Man Imprisoned After Crash Sues Toyota
Feb 2 2011 // Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. asked a federal judge this week to dismiss most of the claims filed by a Minnesota man who was incarcerated after a fatal crash involving a 1996 Camry, saying the automaker had no direct...
Toyota Recalls 1.7 Million Vehicles as Quality Woes Mount
Jan 26 2011 // Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall more than 1.7 million vehicles worldwide, bringing its total for recalls to nearly 16 million since late 2009 and dealing a blow to its efforts to restore its reputation for...
Toyota to Open Safety Research Center in Michigan
Jan 10 2011 // Toyota Motor Corp. has announced it is launching a safety research center in Michigan that will focus on finding ways to reduce driver distraction. Toyota said the center will be based in Ann Arbor, and will work with...
Whistleblower Claims Against Toyota By Former Employee Dismissed
Jan 6 2011 // Toyota Motor Corp. won a victory against a former company lawyer turned whistleblower as an arbitrator dismissed several claims and awarded the company damages, according to a statement from the automaker. Dimitrios...
Toyota Says Subrogation By 7 Insurers for Acceleration Claims Is Meritless
Jan 4 2011 // Seven automobile insurance firms have followed Allstate Insurance Co. in suing Toyota Motor Corp. to recover money they paid in claims for car crashes blamed on unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles. The...
2010 Was Year of 20 Million Recalls for Car Makers
Dec 31 2010 // Automakers recalled about 20 million vehicles in 2010, led by high-profile recalls by Toyota that prompted new scrutiny of the auto industry’s safety record. The number of recalls this year was the largest in the...
Mismatched Bumpers on Cars, SUVs Drive Up Repair Bills
Dec 3 2010 // Mismatched bumpers on cars and SUVs produce far more costly damage in low speed collisions than bumpers that do line up, new car safety research shows. Bumpers on cars are designed to match up with each other in...
