Two Committees Schedule Hearings—Toyota Under Pressure

January 30, 2010 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports two congressional committees have scheduled hearings for the handling of the defects by the Toyota Motor Corp.

The recall of Toyota models included one on January 21, 2010, of 2.3 million U.S. vehicles due to a defect in the acceleration. The recall came after reports of unintended acceleration of some of the models, which added to the earlier recalls for the automaker.

The President of Akio Toyota made an apology for the recalls and mounting defects. The apology comes as the House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to hold a hearing February 25th to go over the report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Henry Waxman of California, the panel chairman stated on January 28th the Toyota vehicles have been linked with as many as 19 deaths.

The House Committee on Oversite and Government Reform is also planning to hold a hearing on February 10th. Waxman and Stupak, democrats stated in a letter to David Strickland head of the safety agency under Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, they are requesting a report on every Toyota model that has received consumer complaints. The two democrats have also asked for the date the NHTSA was alerted to the defective accelerators and they also wrote the president of Toyota North America, Yoshimi Inaba.

Toyota has stated they will provide customers with details of how they will deal with the accelerator problems, and whether they will replace the accelerator assembly.


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