Pedal Problem News Today

Problems with the car. >> some floor mats entrap drivers gas pedals while vehicles were in motion. >> reporter: toyota recalled more than 5 million cars because of that problem. >> second, so-called sticky pedals made some toyota acceleration too slow to release. >> just took off. seemed like the more i hit the brake, the harder it wanted to accelerate. >> reporter: toyota only admitted to the sticky pedals after abc reported on this case of a new jersey driver whose car would not stop. toyota w...

With our good friend richard quest from cnn international. they are under pressure because they stand to lose so much money, millions of dollars from disruption of flights to europe, which may keep richard quest in the building for a little longer. >> forgive me. i went right to the business at top. didnt say hello. how you doing? good to see you stephanie. >> good to see you. >> you are doing a great job on bottom line on the weekend. we look forward to seeing you on that show. thank you. we wi...

Going to meet with federal safety officials to discuss precisely the mechanical pedal problem that led to the recall. what the communication reveals is that a conflict between the u.s. communications staff and the japanese communications staff, mr. millers email was directed to a coordinator, a japanese coordinator, that sort of bridges the gaps between the u.s. executives and the japanese executives. >> do we have an idea about how long before the recall did they know there were big problems? w...

And whats so interesting about this, ali, he was responding to another executive who was in the company saying, you know, we really shouldnt mention the mechanical failure, because it could just cause uneasiness in the american public, and thats when mr. miller responds saying, i hate to break it to you, but we have a tendency for mechanical failure in the accelerate, so this happened days before toyotas massive recall. whats more, toyota had failed to alert u.s. regulators that even though the ...

Told could leave drivers behind the wheel of a run away car. peter barnes from the fox business network is live in washington tonight. give us the details behind this final. you know judge napolitano was on with us in "studio b" today when this story broke and he said that doesnt sound like much to me but i guess the max is the max. >> thats right, shep. toyota failed to notify the national traffic safety administration of the sticking problem for at least four months despite knowing of the pote...

Proactive making sure they didnt go through the same run through that toyota did. because they had such a perfect storm. nobody wants a target on their back or wa want want wa their showroom floor talking to customers. they say well take care of the customers. >> neil: they are freaking us out. theyre recalling by the hundreds of thousands. people are saying gee, thanks. >> you know what? id rather know personally if i had a pedal problem or brake problem or accelerator problem or any problem wi...

Investigations, five of which involve toyota. every step of the way nhtsa officials have pushed toyota to take corrective action so that consumers would be safe. unhappy with toyotas responsiveness to our safety concerns, the acting administrator of nhtsa, ron medford, and two associates, flew to japan in december of 09 to clarify for toyota management what the companys legal obligations are to find and remedy safety defects in vehicles sold here in america. in january, our new administrator of ...

Associates flew to japan in december of 09 to clarify for toyota management what the companys legal obligations are to find and remedy safety defects in vehicles sold here in america. in january our new administrator, david strickland and ron medford, now our deputy administrator, told the president of toyota north america, in no uncertain terms, that we expect prompt action following the disclosure of the sticky pedal problem. toyota publicly announce that had recall two days later. i have bull...

Voice. she thought she was going to die. >> well, her problem was not a floor mat problem or a sticky pedal problem. her problem appears to have been an electronic malfunction of her ignition system, the fuel system and my question was why didnt toyota get that car? it wasnt damaged. and really thoroughly try to find out what caused that problem which to this day they apparently are still not trying to do. >> do you think we will see real solutions out of this hearing? were going to hear from ak...

Sales. but those are just numbers. what about the people who plunk down 30 grand of their hard-earned money for something theyre now afraid to drive. >> i felt it take off like a rocket and i immediately hit the brakes hard and i was laid out, stretched out on the brakes, which had no effect. theyre recalling the throttle and the accelerator mechanism, but i -- and floor mats, but i dont believe thats the problem. we feel its an unsafe vehicle, its a loaded gun, it could happen any time. we just...