Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota
Another day, another major story on
Toyota's recent recall woes. As you may have already heard, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration - and
particularly U.S. Transportation Secretary
Ray LaHood - is less than pleased with the way Toyota has handled its various vehicle callbacks.
Now, NHTSA has made its public displeasure official with a press release indicating that it will "[use] its statutory authority to obtain documents from Toyota to determine if the automaker conducted three of its recent recalls in a timely manner." To what end? To determine "when and how it learned of the defects affecting approximately 6 million vehicles in the U.S. alone" and to be sure that there aren't any additional problems Toyota has yet to announce.
If the NHTSA finds that Toyota failed to deal with known safety issues in a timely manner, it could find the Japanese automaker liable for a
maximum of $16.4 million in civil penalties. Granted, that's a pretty small dollar amount for such a large company, but it could spearhead the already rising tide of negative press and keep the issue fresh in the public's mind for some time to come. Click past the break for the official press release.
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[Source: NHTSA]
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