Just heard on the radio,
Toyota Motors Company Continues to be hit with class action lawsuits. So far, 30
different firms have stepped up (in the US) to file suit against
Toyota.
I would expect that this is only the tip of the iceberg and that we’ll
see an average of several law firms per state take a stand against
Toyota.
The class actions are based on Toyota hiding and denying, that there was a
problem…
………"Has Toyota Actually Identified the Reason Its Vehicles are
Suddenly Accelerating?
Since 2002, there have been multiple government investigations of
unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles. Only in 2010, did Toyota
apparently acknowledge the full scope of the problem. As stated in the
New York Times,
"At almost every step that lead to its current
predicament, Toyota underestimated the severity of the sudden-
acceleration problem affecting its most popular cars. It has veered
from discounting early reports of problems to overconfidently
announcing diagnoses and insufficient fixes."
Now Toyota claims it has developed a fix to the gas pedal of its
vehicles that will stop sudden acceleration. However, the manufacturer
of the pedal denies it was defectively made. Of all the complaints of
sudden acceleration, just 5% blamed a sticking gas pedal. Nor did any
of the government investigations into sudden-acceleration problems in
Toyota vehicles identify a sticking pedal as a potential cause."
Instead, the problem may be caused by a defect in the vehicles’
electronic throttles. As noted in the Los Angeles Times investigative
report,
"The electronic throttle system uses sensors,
microprocessors and electric motors, rather than a traditional link
such as a steel cable, to connect the driver’s foot to the engine.
In recent interviews, two former NHTSA administrators, Ricardo
Martinez and Joan Claybrook, have said they believe that some kind of
electronic glitch may be causing the Toyota problems. Similar
conclusions are being drawn by independent automotive safety experts,
forensic mechanics and automotive electronics researchers, as well as
many consumers.
http://www.usautoinjurylaw.com/cases/defects/acceleration/toyota-lexu…
