Toyota Launches Another Massive Recall
For the second time in as many years, Toyota has issued a massive recall of vehicles in the United States to deal with accelerator pedal problems.
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For the second time in as many years, Toyota has issued a massive recall of vehicles in the United States to deal with accelerator pedal problems.
South Florida Toyota owners can finally breathe easier about their vehicles. A government investigation into Toyota safety problems found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration and other safety problems.
Toyota is recalling nearly 1.7 million vehicles worldwide for various defects that may cause fuel leakage and other problems, the latest in quality control woes for the Japanese automaker.
For more than 40 years the federal government has had an agency in place whose only mission is to protect American motorists from defective and dangerous cars and trucks. But the CBS4 I-Team has uncovered questionable ties between those supposed government watchdogs and the automotive industry. It's a problem highlighted recently during the crisis involving sudden acceleration in Toyotas.
