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They knew about this. >> yes. >> reporter: rather than review the causes of sudden acceleration they decollided to exclude two crucial area as. >> they say longer duration incidents involving uncontrollable acceleration where the brakes didnt work are are not within the scope of this investigation. >> reporter: that decision was made after discussions with santucci and another toyota official who also worked for nhtsa. he was deposed in december. >> we discussed the scope, nhtsas concerns about ...

Sudden acceleration issues. sean kaine joins us live from providence. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, thank you. >> first of all, your report says toyota first started to get the complaints about acceleration issues, unwanted accelerations back in 2002 when the 2002 camries hit the road. they even saw the unwanted acceleration issues during a first-hand testing of the sienna in 2003. why wasnt it until the past year that we started to see the recalls? >> you know, i think we have to l...

Unintended acceleration, left them wide open to not examining the electronic problems. that was also the way that toyota handled these investigations because they really control the information flow to the government. >> right. the other thing, just today alone, talking about honda zpanding a recall for air bag inflations on the 2001, 2002 models. these are such popular cars, whats going on in terms of the auto industry? this is a larger problem? >> well, i think we are seeing a lot of bad news ...

Concerns us. >> go ahead. >> thats something that really concerns us and we raise that on the report as a significant issue that we believe that toyota needs to address. >> who sort of makes this happen, i guess you could say? is it up to the customer to go to toyota or write to the company and say, heres what ive noticed happening in my vehicles and physically take their car to get a reboot? or is this something the government, national highway safety administration should be tackling on the co...

And kate bolduan is in southfield, michigan, and you have been talking about how this may not have been some sort of a thing that toyota missed or didnt get on to early, because they may have had a lot of notice and a lot of information about this that they deliberately didnt act on, and tell me about this? >> well, what we have found from the reporting and talking to sources, there is a communications breakdown within toyota where there was information kept in the japan headquarters that was no...

Then put on your 4-ways, find a clear area, pull over to the side of the road and shut it down. the engine will be loud, yes, it will be scary, but the fact is you want to get off the road and disconnect that engine. thats the only thing you can do. dont try to hit the brairks and override it, youll end up burning the brakes, because the brake fluid will boil. neutral is the answer. megyn: if your car is accelerating, you hit the brakes, thats not moving, next move, put it in neutral. >> put it ...

Of unintended sudden acceleration complaints weve examined. >> reporter: cnn talked to four leading experts in the field of sudden acceleration, car safety, and automotive recall. despite toyotas statements, these experts independently conclude something very different, toyota does not know what is causing the sudden acceleration in its cars, and, therefore, doesnt really know how to fix them. why? shawn cain with safety research strategies, an automotive safety consulting firm that has tracked ...

Culprit, interference with the car computers system. from his home in england he has looked at the same u.s. government data. >> sudden accelerations cant be explained by drivers pressing their foot down on the accelerator to the pedal. cant be explained by loose floor mats nor by sticky pedals, because the schashgt stick of these things is the vehicles tend to take off by themselves with no input from the driver. >> toyota insists thats just not true. in a statement to cnn, the company says aft...

Potentially brake fluid leaks after the company recalled 8 million of its most popular models because of problems with the unwanted acceleration and the floor mats jamming the pedals, the president and ceo of toyota, akio toyoda is issuing a comment, he says dealers across north america are working around the clock to repair all recalled vehicles and to regain this trust of american drivers and their families more is needed, were taking responsibility for our mistakes and learning from them, and...

Toyota does not know what is causing the sudden acceleration in its cars, and, therefore, doesnt really know how to fix them. why? sean kane with safety research strategies, an automotive safety consulting firm thats tracked the complaints literally for years now says, follow the data. >> were satiseeing thousands o complaints that report consistent problems across a number of years makes and models. were seeing long duration on highway events, short duration in parking lot events. theres a seri...