Automobile Accidents

• Toyota Recall: Commercial Admits Toyota Not Living Up To Standards

  Brett Emison | February 09, 2010 8:18 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  In the wake of recalling more than 9 million vehicles worldwide across more than half of its model lines, Toyota has undertaken an advertising blitz designed to calm customers' fears. In its latest...

• Liberty, Missouri Man Killed In Snowy Collision

  Brett Emison | February 08, 2010 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The Kansas City Star reported this afternoon that a Liberty, Missouri man was killed when his vehicle slid across the median of Missouri 152 Highway and struck an oncoming vehicle. A 45-year-old...

• Toyota Recall: Company To Recall More Than 300,000 Toyota Prius Hybrid Vehicles

  Brett Emison | February 08, 2010 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  A growing number of sources, including USA Today and WHIO TV, are reporting that Toyota will call at least 300,000 Toyota Prius models for a defect in the vehicle's braking system. Like the...

• Toyota Recall: Toyota's Friends In High Places

  Brett Emison | February 08, 2010 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  As Congress prepares to hold a committee hearing on the Toyota sudden acceleration recalls this week, some news outlets openly question whether Toyota's influence peddling and lobbying may offer...

• Toyota Recall: Safety Research & Strategies Releases Full Report On Sudden Acceleration Problem

  Brett Emison | February 05, 2010 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Sean Kane and the excellent staff members at Safety Research & Strategies have been documenting the sudden acceleration (aka sudden unintended acceleration or SUA) problems that have plagued...

• Toyota Recall: New Study Blames Electronic Throttle Control For Sudden Acceleration

  Brett Emison | February 04, 2010 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Sean Kane and Safety Research & Strategies have reported a study showing that Toyota's electronic throttle controls as the likely culprit for the sudden acceleration problem. A new scientific...

• Same Song, Different Verse: Toyota Knew About Prius Brake Problems, But Didn't Tell You

  Brett Emison | February 04, 2010 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  After dragging its feet and being called safety deaf on the sudden acceleration recall, Toyota has done it again. CNN has reported that Toyota knew of the problems with its Prius brakes long before...

• Toyota Posts $1.7 Billion Quarterly Profit Despite Recall

  Brett Emison | February 04, 2010 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Several news outlets, including CNN (see video above) and the Associated Press have reported that Toyota made $1.7 billion during the months of October, November and December 2009 despite...

• Toyota Recall Woes Extend To Prius

  Brett Emison | February 04, 2010 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Toyota's recall and auto defect woes extended yesterday to include a newly discovered defect with Toyota Prius brakes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told the Associated Press...

• Toyota Recall: Experts Point To Electronics; Electro-Magnetic Interference

  Brett Emison | February 04, 2010 9:53 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  As I have documented for months, many experts believe Toyota's sudden acceleration problem stems primarily from a defect in the vehicles' electronics - the electronic throttle controls and the...