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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

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

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

03 Feb 2010 11:48

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01 Feb 2010 09:40

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Biz: Toyota’s got a fix to their big problem coming this week

  • A fix to the accelerator problem should be coming soon. Ah, Toyota, the most trusted name in cars. Well, until last week, when the accelerator-sticking problem turned into a full-on mess. Anyway, Toyota plans to give dealers a well-tested friction-cutting fix to the problem, which affects millions of cars, later this week. Yay. source

30 Jan 2010 10:44

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Biz: In the wake of Toyota’s recalls, Honda has a few cars to recall, too

  • 646,000 Fits are unfit to use source

26 Jan 2010 20:58

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Biz: Toyota stops selling a ton of car brands ’cause they’ll kill you

  • 2.3 million cars, or 8 brands, now on ice for safety reasons source
 

24 Jan 2010 01:01

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Biz: There’s a dirty joke located somewhere in this salami recall

  • 1.2 million pounds of salami recalled due to salmonella source

21 Jan 2010 23:32

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Biz: Toyota decides to recall even more cars, just for the heck of it

  • 2.3 million cars on top of the 4.2 million already recalled source

15 Dec 2009 21:09

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U.S.: Let’s recall a bunch of swine flu vaccines and see if people PANIC!

  • 800,000 piggies got recalled source