Sentences with phrase «unintended acceleration issue»
Toyota has not said if this ECU problem is in any way related to the sudden unintended acceleration issue, but it doesn't appear to be, since it has the opposite effect.
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Toyota issued a statement last night that said there might be a «rare» problem related to premature wear in a common gas pedal part that could lead to unintended acceleration.
The problems Toyota experienced just a few years ago with unintended acceleration and other mechanical and safety issues over a preceding period were grossly overplayed by government and the media.
Editors» note: Toyota issued a recall for vehicles of this model and year on January 21, 2010 to replace the accelerator pedal mechanism, which has been known to get stuck, causing unintended acceleration.
-LSB-...] 2009 and 2010, Toyota issued three massive vehicle recalls for more than 10 million vehicles after repeated reports of unintended acceleration that led to -LSB-...]
However, in March 2014, Toyota entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the United States Department of Justice in which the company admitted that it mislead consumers by concealing and making deceptive statements about safety issues affecting its vehicles that caused types of unintended acceleration.