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 | 19 mar
05:56 | Japan Police Recommend Charges in Prius Crash
ABC News Japanese police are recommending charges against a driver who says his Toyota Prius crashed because of brake failure after an analysis of "black box" data showed no defects. The 37-year-old driver, whose identity is withheld because no charges have been filed, has told police he pressed on the brakes but they didn't work, causing the Prius...
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| 19 mar
00:01 | US regulators say data from crashed New York Prius show throttle open,...
StarTribune HARRISON, N.Y. - Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S. safety officials said Thursday. The disclosure prompted an angry response from the police captain investigating the cause of the accident....
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| 18 mar
22:38 | Feds Say Data Shows NY Runaway Prius Did Not Have Brakes Applied
FOXNews A day after technicians from Toyota and the National Highway and Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) were in Harrison, N.Y. collecting data from a Toyota Prius that allegedly crashed due to an incident of sudden unintended acceleration, a statement from the federal agency indicates that their findings contradict the driver's version...
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| 18 mar
22:28 | Federal investigators say brakes weren't applied in New York Prius crash
The Honolulu Advertiser WASHINGTON ? Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S. safety officials said today. The disclosure prompted an angry response from the police captain investigating the cause of the...
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| 17 mar
19:16 | Toyota, U.S. inspectors check brakes, accelerator in N.Y. Prius
USA Today HARRISON, N.Y. - Investigators from Toyota and the U.S. government inspected a crashed 2005 Prius in a suburb of New York City on Wednesday to see if its event data recorder or wreckage could point to problems with the brakes or accelerator. A housekeeper who was driving the car told police that it sped up on its own as she eased forward...
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| 17 mar
05:36 | 2 killed, dozens hurt as bus wrecks on way to the border
Houston Chronicle CAMPBELLTON - Faulty equipment may have contributed to the deadly crash Tuesday morning near San Antonio of a bus filled partly with spring breakers bound for the border, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said. Debris indicated the drive shaft fell off an Americano USA bus, causing it to flip onto its side around 9:45...
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| 16 mar
01:52 | Toyota says 'significant inconsistencies' in Prius incident
The Detroit News Washington -- Toyota Motor Corp. said today its investigation into a runaway Prius found evidence of "significant inconsistencies" in the driver's assertion that he was unable to stop. James Sikes, 61, reported that last Monday he was unable to stop his 2008 Prius while on a San Diego freeway, calling "911" to report the...
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| 15 mar
23:18 | Toyota Dismisses Account of Runaway Prius
ABC News Toyota dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car's gas pedal and backup safety system were working just fine. The automaker stopped short of saying James Sikes had staged a hoax last week but said his account did not square with a series...
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| 15 mar
22:17 | Toyota Disputes Prius Driver's Account
Wall Street Journal Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday there are "significant inconsistencies" between a California man's account of how his Prius hybrid accelerated out of control last week and the car maker's preliminary investigation of the vehicle. The driver, James Sikes, said he applied heavy pressure to the brake pedal while the car traveled at...
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| 15 mar
15:20 | Official investigation of runaway Prius begins to answer questions
Autoblog A joint investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Toyota into the highly publicized incident last week of a runaway 2008 Toyota Prius near San Diego, CA may begin to answer questions raised after the owner's credibility was challenged. In particular, the brakes reportedly exhibit a pattern of wear that's...
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| 15 mar
06:14 | Toyota to build Prius at 3rd Japan plant - paper
Reuters TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will start making the Prius hybrid model at a third Japanese factory from September in a bid to shorten delivery time to customers, the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper said on Monday. Stocks | Cyclical Consumer Goods The third-generation Prius has topped Japan's best-selling chart for...
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| 14 mar
04:18 | Prius Recall: Runaway Prius Story Of Owner James Sikes' Questioned In New...
The Huffington Post SAN FRANCISCO - Federal and company investigators probing a dramatic high-speed incident on a California freeway involving a Toyota Prius didn't find as much wear as they expected on its brakes, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. James Sikes, 61, said afterward that he hit the brakes hard and kept the pedal down. His car...
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| 14 mar
01:33 | Report: Probe opens questions about driver’s description of runaway Prius...
Gaea Times SAN FRANCISCO — A newspaper is reporting that investigators probing a runaway Toyota Prius found its brakes didn't show the wear expected when a driver exerts sustained pressure like the driver said he did during a dramatic incident on a San Diego highway. The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that people familiar with the probe...
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| 13 mar
06:06 | Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions
Houston Chronicle SAN DIEGO - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck. Why didn't the driver simply throw the transmission into neutral as officers urged him to do? Why...
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| 12 mar
19:50 | The Stunning Fact That Connects Every Single Toyota Case
Does Prius Sudden Acceleration Syndrome (PSAD) discriminate against the young? As Theodore Frank at the Washington Examiner points out, here are the reported ages of all 24 of the fatal Toyota (TM) cases: 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89 Could it be that Toyota's PR crisis is actually a crisis of older folks improperly slamming on...
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| 12 mar
19:50 | The Stunning Fact That Connects Every Single Toyota Case
Does Prius Sudden Acceleration Syndrome (PSAD) discriminate against the young? As Theodore Frank at the Washington Examiner points out, here are the reported ages of all 24 of the fatal Toyota (TM) cases: 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89 Could it be that Toyota's PR crisis is actually a crisis of older folks improperly slamming on...
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| 11 mar
10:48 | Feds probe Prius crash in N.Y.
Philly The crash heightens the attention surrounding unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles and a recall involving more than eight million vehicles to address gas pedals that can become sticky or trapped under floor mats. The Department of Transportation is looking into the New York crash, spokeswoman Olivia Alair said. Capt. Anthony Marraccini...
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 | 10 mar
23:11 | Toyota recalling all 2000 to 2003 Tundras
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35787181/ns/business-autos/ DETROIT - Toyota said on Tuesday it would fix all Tundra pickups sold in the United States for the 2000 to 2003 model years to address a risk that part of the truck's frame could corrode, causing spare tires or even the gas tank to drop to the road.
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| 10 mar
14:55 | Police probe Toyota Prius crash in NYC suburb
Washington Post HARRISON, N.Y. -- The driver of a Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that her car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall. The 2005 Prius' air bags deployed when the car hit the wall on Tuesday, toppling boulders. The driver, a 56-year-old woman, escaped serious injury,...
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| 10 mar
03:21 | Report: Toyota continues to work on floormat fix for 2004-09 Prius
Autoblog In the wake of yesterday's "runaway Prius" in San Diego, Toyota says it's still working on a fix for the thousands of hybrids included in the 4.36 million vehicles recalled last November. The source of the unintended acceleration on these affected Prius models is the same as the other vehicles involved in the recall: A floor mat that gets...
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| 09 mar
20:20 | The car in front … is a Toyota stuck at 94mph
guardian.co.uk James Sikes was having an uneventful drive home along a San Diego highway when things became a little more eventful. He pushed down the accelerator pedal of his 2008 Toyota Prius to overtake another car; then "it did something kind of funny", he said later. What it did was to speed up. Then speed up some more. Within minutes, Sikes...
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| 09 mar
20:19 | Toyota Recalling 2004-2009 Priuses Over Gas Pedal Issues
Fox News is reporting that Toyota's 2004-09 Priuses will be recalled to "prevent pedal entrapment." Currently, Toyota (TM) stock is trading at $76.91 a share, down 1.37%. More to come... Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Unsafe At Any Emissions: Toyota Set To Announce Massive 2010 Prius Recall Toyota's Total Recall NEW TOYOTA...
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