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09 Mar 2010 09:37

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Biz: The runaway Toyota Prius story has legs, getting huge coverage

  • I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny … it jumped and it just stuck there. As it was going, I was trying the brakes … it wasn’t stopping.
  • James Sikes • Whose Toyota Prius wouldn’t stop on a San Diego interstate, but was miraculously stopped with the help of police. Sikes’ Prius, by the way, was one of the cars recalled because of possibility of the floor mat accelerator getting stuck in the accelerator. No word on if he took advantage of the recall. source
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05 Mar 2010 21:46

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Biz: GM tried to get rid of many of its dealers, wasn’t successful

  • 1,100 number of dealers General Motors sent walking papers to last year
  • 661 dealers getting reinstated instead of going through arbitration source
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03 Mar 2010 10:34

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Biz: Let’s make sure every major car manufacturer does a recall

  • 540,000 Nissan vehicles recalled source
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02 Mar 2010 10:37

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Biz: GM makes sure Toyota isn’t alone in its car-recall hell

  • 1.3 million Cobalts and G5s recalled due to power steering source
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13 Feb 2010 12:43

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Biz: Toyota: Might as well recall a few thousand more trucks, eh?

  • 8,000 Tacomas recalled due to drive shafts source
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09 Feb 2010 10:04

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Biz: Sucks to be a Prius owner: Toyota’s forced to recall more cars

  • 400,000 cars added to the recall, mostly Priuses, due to brake problems
  • 8 million cars have been recalled total, a fairly unbelievable number source
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09 Feb 2010 09:20

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Biz: Honda’s CFO: Toyota’s problems are the auto industry’s problems

  • I think we should see this Toyota problem from a broader viewpoint. If customers start to harbor doubts about [quality and safety], that would be problem for the whole industry.
  • Honda CFO Yoichi Hojo • Regarding the danger the Toyota recalls pose for the auto industry as a whole. He notes that, for this reason, his company isn’t offering incentives to Toyota customers who trade in their cars, like GM and Ford are. He sees that policy as just a little foolish. Wonder why. source
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04 Feb 2010 23:27

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Biz: Toyota could call for a recall of their Japanese Priuses

  • 200,000 hybrids to be recalled? source
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04 Feb 2010 10:55

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Biz: Toyota made a profit last quarter, one to be eaten up by the recalls

  • $900
    million     the size of Toyota’s profit in the final three months of last year
  • $2
    billion     the expected cost of all the recalls for faulty gas pedals source
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04 Feb 2010 09:58

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Biz: Toyota says an evil computer is causing the Prius’ brake problems

  • This company has just had a lot of hell lately, haven’t they? A software glitch is to blame for the 2010 Prius’ brake issues. It causes a one-second disconnect between the brakes and the computer – long enough to go 90 feet if  you’re driving at 60mph. They plan to offer a fix for it, but one thing they aren’t doing is offering a recall. The Prius, BTW, doesn’t have the accelerator problems that caused many of the company’s non-hybrid cars to get recalled. source
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