Blog Reactions

Straightline:  Is There More to the Toyota Floor Mat Debacle? ABC News "Investigates" Reports of Unintended Acceleration in Toyota, Lexus Vehicles

GT Boy:  Is There More to the Toyota Floor Mat Debacle? ABC News "Investigates" Reports of Unintended Acceleration in Toyota, Lexus Vehicles

Autoblog:  REPORT: Toyota execs deny cover-up after feds rebuke automaker over runaway car investigation

Reactions

Should it be "Lexi" ??? RT @AllisonCz: Sad to hear about "runaway Toyotas/Lexuses" :( http://bit.ly/1K1Irc 17 days ago

Leave a Comment

Is There More to the Toyota Floor Mat Debacle? ABC News "Investigates" Reports of Unintended Acceleration in Toyota, Lexus Vehicles
Straightline — ... safety experts have been able to duplicate this condition in a Toyota or Lexus, and that NHTSA denied the latest petition for a defect investigation of the current-generation ES 350. So, in the absence of hard evidence, we can't exactly describe ABC's report as a rigorous investigative piece. ABC says Toyota officials refused interview requests for this story. If that's true, Toyota may have lost an opportunity to state its side of the story. Video: ABC News -- Are Toyota's Accelerators Safe?

Is There More to the Toyota Floor Mat Debacle? ABC News "Investigates" Reports of Unintended Acceleration in Toyota, Lexus Vehicles
GT Boy — ... a rigorous investigative piece. ABC does at least acknowledge that no engineers or automotive country experts have been healthy to duplicate this condition in a Toyota or Lexus, and that NHTSA denied the latest petition for a defect investigation of the current-generation ES 350. ABC says Toyota officials refused interview requests for this story. If that's true, Toyota may have lost an opportunity to state its side of the story and save face. Video: ABC News — Are Toyota's Accelerators Safe?

REPORT: Toyota execs deny cover-up after feds rebuke automaker over runaway car investigation
Autoblog — Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Toyota Remember Toyota's massive 3.8 million unit unintended acceleration recall that was attributed to pesky floor mats? It appears defective floor mats doesn't tell the whole story, as the Department of Transportation and the National Highway ...