Toyota caught red handed yet again

Reports from the US that driver error was the cause of the vast majority of Toyota's accelerator problems have been dismissed by a key government agency as "planted".

Widespread speculation has centred on initial findings from the US Department of Transportation (DOT), of which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is part, that drivers have been to blame for the unintended acceleration by pressing wrong pedals.

However, the NHTSA, the body responsible for examining the Toyota pedal problems in the US, has firmly rebutted claims the story came from the safety organisation.

"That story was planted by Toyota," an NHTSA spokeswoman in Washington told just-auto. "Toyota is the source - yes we know that for definite.

"It is [the] Toyota PR machine. We knew they were going to put it out."
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WorldofLuxury - 7/17/2010 12:54:38 PM

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I apologize, but this is an old story. What was Toyota's reponse?

Anyways, Toyota still isn't very good with dealing with the press.

thetruth01 - 7/17/2010 2:43:42 PM

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Do we really expect good journalism from Joe? He's a fanboy blogger. Apparently anything can get through Autolies lately.

0to60 - 7/17/2010 6:44:58 PM

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I think this Joe fella and 009 is the same person.

BondMI6 - 7/17/2010 5:27:38 PM

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The same evil Gremlin that jacked the accelerators in Toyota also planted the reports........

Damn Gremlins, I thought Phoebe Cates and Zach got rid of em'....

KeyserSoze - 7/17/2010 7:00:07 PM

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Pathetic post.

Lexus - 7/17/2010 7:39:11 PM

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-10 for this post by Joe

Joe_Limon - 7/17/2010 8:37:57 PM

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hahaha, -10 points really? Why because I posted an article you wish you had never seen? I'm sorry if it insults your fanboyism.

uaw_lax - 7/18/2010 4:34:55 AM

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Just use logic here. If there was no problem or that it was driver error what did toyota "fix" when they worked on recalled cars.

Plus it is very funny to me how Toyota buyers say that other Toyota drivers are calling each other stupid over this,

M53R - 7/18/2010 6:47:41 AM

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LOL Joe, just give up already on the toyota fanboys who call everyone who doesn't believe toyota is the best thing that happened to humanity, a fanboy -_-.

kornholio - 7/18/2010 9:49:58 AM

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Joe, don't let these brainless Toyota fanboys discourage you. They want Toyota to get away with murder. Thanks for the post.

r_driver04 - 7/19/2010 5:42:06 PM

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How original.....why not the domestics been robbing us blind for years!

kornholio - 7/19/2010 10:27:42 PM

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@r_driver04- Since you are apparently a sheep in the Toyota flock, I am not surprised that you could not understand the point I was making in my statement "get away with murder". I'll say it real slow for ya. The fanboys don't want Toyota to be held accountable for the deaths that their machines have caused.

kornholio - 7/21/2010 12:07:53 AM

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@ badgewhore you are really earning your yen today sir. The same link on three different posts? You must have OCD.
http://suddenacceleration.com/?p=431
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/toyota-prius-crash-driver_n_495164.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03m7fmnhO0I
http://suddenacceleration.com/?p=579

izfuney - 7/18/2010 3:39:49 PM

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of course nobody posted the followup to the WSJ (Wall Street Journal article ) which clearly states that their NHTSA insiders gave them this information. Rather its some innuedo posted in some shitty blog by some UAW crudola .
So which do you prefer to believe, journalists for the WSJ or some dude named Joe_Limon (aka 009)

Joe_Limon - 7/18/2010 7:10:04 PM

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lol, I'm a separate entity, even I have disagreed with 009 at some points in time.

kpaxx - 7/19/2010 7:24:18 AM

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Toyota working there spin again! Why don't they just make a quality car instead of relying on spin tactics.

agent507 - 7/19/2010 8:02:42 AM

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Joe, don´t worry about people getting angry, when their adored brand (in this case Toyota, incl. Lexus) is getting it hard.

There are people on this planet who know the truth (-> Toyota had a problem and therefore a fix for it), and there are fanbois in denial mode (-> the driver is the problem, buy the car and leave it at the dealer lot).

You can´t change the world, but you can try to educate them. My vote goes to you!