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    For its part, Toyota Motor Corp. defended its Toyota and Lexus vehicles and the validity of prior investigations. "Six times in the past six years NHTSA has undertaken an exhaustive review of allegations of unintended acceleration on Toyota and Lexus vehicles, and six times the agency closed the investigation without finding any electronic engine control system malfunction to be the cause of unintended acceleration" company spokesman Irv Miller said in a statement. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
    Six times in the past six years NHTSA has undertaken an exhaustive review of allegations of unintended acceleration on Toyota and Lexus vehicles, and six times the agency closed the investigation without finding any electronic engine control system malfunction to be the cause of unintended acceleration
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
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Vehicle defect results in 19 deaths
  1. I was sure I was going to kill someone on a bicycle or myself
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  2. To this day I still can't find evidence online of a flood of media exposure
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  3. While some vehicles may be excluded from the scope of an investigation into a specific defect allegation, all are continuously reviewed, along with other relevant information, in order to identify other emerging issues of concern
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  4. I did everything I could to stop the car
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  5. I am sure it is the cruise control ... I haven't used it since.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  6. They never dealt with the question I presented in any real way.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  7. media and Internet exposure
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  8. I stood on the brakes with both feet. All of a sudden, I see fire. I thought, sure, my brakes are on fire. I thought about maybe trying to sideswipe a tree to slow down.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  9. NHTSA takes every allegation of safety problems seriously, and that is why we read every consumer complaint within one business day of its receipt ... In the case of complaints about sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, NHTSA moved very quickly to respond to them.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  10. NHTSA has ways of pigeon-holing reports, categorizing them as brake failure rather than sudden acceleration
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago

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