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More Toyota Recalls

Posted in Uncategorized by wolferadio11 on March 19, 2010

This live breaking story from the REAL DEAL newsroom:  Rumor has it that Toyota is recalling the gas pumps, that provide the gas to the gas tanks, to a runaway Toyota Prius.   Your guess is as good as mine on how the fuel pumps are making toyota accellorator pedals stick, alwhile driving up the price of gasoline.  Go figure..

NHTSA Data Dive: 95 Cars Ranked In Rate Of Unintended Acceleration Complaints

Posted in Uncategorized by wolferadio11 on February 28, 2010

February 27, 2010

Watch the Congressional Toyota Recall hearings live

Posted in Uncategorized by wolferadio11 on February 23, 2010

by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Feb 23rd, 2010 at 11:05AM

If morbid curiosity and political grand-standing is your think, C-SPAN is streaming the Congressional hearings on the Toyota Recall live on its site. The official title is “Response by Toyota and NHTSA to Incidents of Sudden Unintended Acceleration” and the cast of characters include Ray LaHood, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Akio Toyoda, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corp. along with a handful of legislators, consumer advocacy groups and family members who’ve lost love ones due to the unintended acceleration issue. Click these oddly colored words to watch it live.

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