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For potential brake problem. odyssey minivans and element small truck model years 2007 and 2008 may have defective brake pedals that could make stopping the vehicle much harder. its just the late nest a series of auto recalls including more than 8 million toyotas flagged for potential accelerator problems. but toyota is by no means first automaker to deal with this issue. thats triggering accusations government regulators are asleep at the wheel. brian todd has been investigating. pretty eye ope...

Driveway at what is being described as an uncelebrated unsafe speed. there are no brake marks or evidence that the driver could hit the brake or tried to hit the brake. he was airlifted to mission hospital. he is now in critical condition. we have no idea whether this is related to the myriad of problems associated with accelerators in a variety of models of toyota vehicles. and so we are kind of keeping an eye on this. but obviously everybody is higher vigilant and concerned about it. the victi...

Checks. by a vote of 6 -36 the senate has passed a bill providing more money for people out of work longer than six months the legislation will help unemployed pay for health insurance and extents tax breaks for businesses. house and senate members will meet to discuss the impact on the deficit. federal investigators looking into a crash involving a toyota prius in a new york city suburb. the driver saying the car accelerated and hit a stonewall tuesday day the driver was not injured. toyota wan...

Groundhog day, talking a toyota. fighting back against accusation faulty electronics may be to blame for the accelerator problems. a problem that led to the recall of more than 8 million vehicles. toyota host add live via satellite demonstration today to debunk an early report by a university provers linking the gas pedal issue to a malfunction of the wiring. toyota claims the original study was unrealistic and insists the wiring is not to blame. last week members of congress grilled toyota over...

After it recalled more than 8 million cars because of accelerator problems and other issues. the automaker says it has repaired about 1 million of the vehicles so far. but a small portion of drivers, about 60 at last count, say they are still having pedal problems, even after the fix. toyota reports it has locked into some of those complaints and investigated them and cant find anything wrong with the throttle or with the repairs. u.s. lawmakers though want more. today the house committee thats ...

>> he thought he was doing a good thing for his kids. jonathan hunt in the studio. thank you. more people tonight saying toyotas fix needs a fix. the associated press says about 20 people report having their toyota vehicles speeding up on their own even after the owners took the car in for repairs. of course, toyota has been working on recalled vehicles for weeks now. trying to fix accelerator problems that have caused cars to speed up, even when the driver takes their foot off the gas pedal. st...

If this was just a problem sitting there in one system, and you can look at it in a laboratory on a test track, toyota would have found it if they didnt find it, the government would have found it quickly. ishly, it is a combination of a bunch of different factors that happened in circumstances on the roads. >> we are going to keep our eye on this hearing. i will stick with us. my question to you, do you think toyota should be held criminally responsible for the accelerator problems? let me know...

And, that pales in comparison to what the company might have to pay if a class-action suit moves forward, and congress is preparing for big hearings amid signs investigators uncovered evidence that toyota has known about accelerator problems for a very long time. and we learned today, that akio toyoda will not appear personally, at those hearings. on capitol hill. bill: we were on the air yesterday and we heard news about toyota shutting down production at two of its plants, why is that happenin...

Less than a week after getting a blitz - the northeast is bracing for more snow tonight. new york city could see another four inches. this storm is expected to spare the washington, d.c. area. the number of deaths allegedly caused by toyotas accelerator problems, totalling 34. in the last few weeks consumers informed the government about crashes where 13 people died. toyota has recalled more than eight million vehicles worldwide. im ainsley earhardt. we return to on the record with greta van sus...

More bad news for toyota and people who own the cars for that matter. new government numbers now link 34 deaths to accelerator problems in toyotas in the last ten years. were also seeing a rash of new complaints about the 2010 prius. more than 1100 people reported problems with the gas, electric hybrid braking system. the vast majority after the highway traffic safety institute started investigate. toyota recalled nearly 10 million vehicles since november and congress scheduled three hearings on...