Probe: Over 1,000 Toyota Owners Experienced Sudden Acceleration

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on November 9, 2009 9:16 AM | | Comments (0) |

This bad PR could spiral out of control for Toyota.


Probe finds jump in runaway Toyota complaints: report

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Over 1,000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported sudden, spontaneous acceleration of their vehicles since 2001, including crashes blamed for 19 deaths, far more than earlier disclosed, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration previously has said it had received reports of 100 such incidents, including 17 crashes and five fatalities.

Read more on the LA Times probe.

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