Via Quality Weenie: Toyota has known about their technical issues for at least 10 years, but instead of simply fixing the problems they hired former NHTSA regulators as staffers to quash at least 4 government investigations. Regulators Hired by Toyota Helped Halt Investigations Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — Former regulators hired by Toyota Motor Corp. helped [...]

For Quality Weenie! 34 Sudden-Acceleration Deaths Alleged in Toyotas WASHINGTON — Complaints of deaths connected to sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles have surged in recent weeks, with the alleged death toll reaching 34 since 2000, according to new consumer data gathered by the government. Complaints to a database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]

Both consumer and federal. The government regulators aren’t buying Toyota’s ‘just take the floor mats out’ story. Federal regulators have launched an inquiry into whether engine electronics caused vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly as legislators and experts on Tuesday cast doubt on Toyota’s explanation of its “runaway cars.” The new probe reopened a controversy that seemed [...]

This from Quality Weenie: TOYOTA HALTING SALE OF 8 VEHICLES This is HUGE. There is more going on here besides a simple gas pedal sticking. They have no idea what the problem is and it is probably very wide spread. A company does not just halt the sale and production of vehicles unless it’s something [...]