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  • Results of Toyota's tests of runaway Prius 'inconsistent' with driver's account - The carmaker says it failed to reproduce the stuck accelerator that a motorist says took him on a wild ride near San Diego last week.

    Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that its preliminary investigation into a runaway Prius incident a week ago resulted in findings "inconsistent" with the driver's account.


  • Tests on Prius cast doubt on Sikes' runaway-acceleration story - The gasoline engine shut off when investigators pressed hard on the accelerator and brake pedal at the same time, according to a draft of a congressional memo.

    A federal probe into a Toyota Prius that took a wild ride on a San Diego County freeway last week is casting doubt on the driver's account of uncontrollable acceleration, a spokesman for a Southern California congressman said Sunday.


  • Toyota is just the latest automaker to face auto safety litigation - Lawsuits over the last half-century are credited with such innovations as impact-absorbing dashboards and steering columns, and gas tanks that won't explode when a car is rear-ended.

    On a summer day in 1911, Donald MacPherson was driving his Buick runabout to Sarasota Springs, N.Y., when the wooden spokes snapped on a rear wheel, flipping the open car and trapping him under the rear axle.


  • Toyota aims for a surge in sales - The troubled automaker hopes to draw buyers this weekend with the help of an advertising blitz and big incentives.

    Toyota dealers are gearing up for something they haven't seen in a while: a crowded showroom.


  • Toyota disputes allegations that it withheld evidence - It tells Congress it has gone to great lengths to share information, but acknowledges the existence of the Books of Knowledge, or troves of technical information about its vehicles.

    Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday contested allegations that it withheld evidence in lawsuits, telling Congress that it has maintained "the highest professional and ethical standards in its legal and regulatory practices."


  • Toyota faces a growing number of probes in U.S. - The FBI, a U.S. attorney's office in New York, the SEC and even the L.A. city attorney have opened investigations of the Japanese automaker, adding to existing probes by Congress and regulators.

    As if Toyota Motor Corp. hasn't had enough trouble, the automaker is now facing a new set of interrogators: federal and local law enforcement officials.


  • Leader defends NHTSA's response to Toyota complaints - The agency investigated sudden-acceleration reports but didn't find enough evidence to force a recall, Administrator David Strickland tells a House subcommittee.

    Rebuffing criticism of slow action and underfunded efforts, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said his agency acted properly in investigating complaints about sudden-acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles and has enough money and staff to oversee the auto industry.


  • Prius inquiry takes a detour - Rift over involvement of a congressman's aide in the runaway Toyota case in San Diego County causes an hours-long delay.

    Federal inspection of the runaway Toyota Prius that took a wild ride on a San Diego County freeway was delayed several hours Wednesday when a California congressman insisted that someone from his office witness the examination.


  • Runaway Prius driver: 'I was laying on the brakes but it wasn't slowing down' - Regulators and Toyota say they'll investigate James Sikes' wild ride east of San Diego, where he reached speeds of 90 mph weaving in and out of traffic before a CHP officer came to his aid.

    James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later the car was driving fine. But on Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 east of San Diego, the car kept going.


  • Toyota workers raised safety concerns with bosses in 2006 memo - The notice told of worries about employees and vehicles over the automaker's push to trim costs and boost production.

    All six Toyota veterans around the table agreed: The memo they were about to send to senior management could damage their careers.


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