Toyota Recall News’ Category
Toyota Invests in Accident Prevention Technology Research
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Toyota Motor Corp's reputation has taken a beating over the last couple of years, after the company recalled millions of vehicles and faced the ire of lawmakers, consumers and Houston product liability attorneys over sudden and unintended acceleration in its vehicles. However, the company insists that it now wants to focus heavily on auto safety, and is investing $50 million over the next few years on research into new safety technologies.
The company, through its Collaborative Research Safety Center is joining forces with Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers to tackle important safety issues, including distracted driving. ...
Toyota’s 15th Recall of 2010
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Sometime during the last month, Toyota marked a safety milestone of sorts. No. The company did not make a solemn promise to itself that it would never brush safety issues under the carpet and would be forthright with customers and federal agencies from now on. Instead, Toyota marked its 15th vehicle recall of the year. This latest one involved 1.1 million Corollas and Matrixes for stalling problems that can cause the car to stall in traffic.
The announcement of the recall came just a few days after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would intensify...
Vujasinovic and Beckcom File Another Toyota Recall Lawsuit
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
I am pleased to announce that our Houston-based personal injury law firm has filed another product liability lawsuit against Toyota Motor Company, arising out of the sudden and unintended acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles. Our client is a special education teacher from Oklahoma, who suffered serious injuries when her 2006 Toyota Prius accelerated to high speeds, ran off a curving road, and crashed into an electrical box. The accident occurred in Briggs in Oklahoma.
After the crash, our client received a recall notice from Toyota informing her that her Prius was among millions of cars being recalled for...
VB Toyota Recall Law Firm files another recall lawsuit, in Houston, Texas
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Our law firm just filed another Toyota Recall Lawsuit, this one on behalf of a school teacher who suffered a brain injury when her 2006 Toyota Prius accelerated out of control and ran off the road, striking an electrical post. We filed the case in state court in Harris County, Texas.
For more information on this case, please read the Press Release.
Please visit our Toyota Recall Page for more information on the ongoing Toyota Recall...
Toyota Investigation to Include NASA Scientists
Monday, April 19th, 2010
It’s hard to know who has seemed the most clueless about the causes for the sudden acceleration in Toyota cars - the automaker itself, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. We still have little information about what is causing the crash, but plenty of leads. The biggest leads seem to point to malfunctioning in electronics in Toyota vehicles.
Now, the federal administration has brought in scientists from NASA to help with the Toyota investigation. These engineers will join NHTSA investigators as they look for the reasons of crashes. The NASA engineers are expected to bring their substantial...
Yet Another Fatal Houston Accident Involving a Toyota Vehicle
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Earlier this month, I filed a lawsuit against Toyota in Los Angeles, California, representing four businessmen who suffered injuries, many of them catastrophic, when their rental Toyota Camry sped up to excessive speeds, and crashed. Obviously, accidents involving Toyota vehicles, recalled or not, are of great interest to me.
This morning, Houston residents woke up to newspaper reports of another fatal accident involving a Toyota Siena minivan. According to the Houston Chronicle, a 62-year-old man was trying to park his Siena on the second floor of a parking garage in the W. Sam Houston Pkwy. The Siena seems...
