Toyota Recall: Toyota Reportedly Hid Acceleration Problem From U.S. Officials For 1 Year

February 10th, 2010 admin

Toyota waited until Jan. 19 to disclose to U.S. safety officials that millions of its vehicles could accelerate on their own – a problem they had known for one year, the Wall Street Journal disclosed today. In an article by WSJ reporters Kate Linebaugh, Dionne Searcey and Norihiko Shirouze, the newspaper disclosed that during the meeting


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