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To make improvements on this, we will make the following changes to the recall decision-making process. when a recall decision is made, a step will be added in the process to ensure that management will make responsible decision from the perspective of customer safety first. to do that, we will devise a system of which customers voice around the world will reach our management in a timely manner. and also assist them in which each region will be able to make decision as necessary. further, we wi...

>> translator: first problem with the electronic throttle system, and secondly, the way in which a car is used or misusage of the car, and thirdly, the structural aspect of the vehicle, and fourthly, the structural aspect of the parts used in the vehicle. so, these i understand are four major factors contributing to unexpected acceleration. [ speaking foreign language ]

Current thing theyre doing and one new idea that theyre testing, and if that one new idea really works, it will replace the current system. if you just mandated that, youd get lots of creativity out of the folks that work for us in our government. >> to what degree does crisis stifle that? and i asked you this, too, because you have constant crises at google, a product that may not have the uptick that you wanted, the eu looking at antitrust action? theres always something that seem the like its...

>> first problem with electronic throttle system. secondly, a problem with the way the car is used or misusage of the car. thirdly structural aspects of the vehicle. fourthly structural aspects of the parts used in the vehicle. these, i understand, are four factors contributing to unexpected acceleration. [ speaking japanese ] >> translator: and of that, the electronics auto control system is designed based on the concept of safety first.

We never found a mag function that caused unin -- we never found a malfunction that caused accelerations. we conduct comprehensive independent analysis of our throttle system with an unlimited budget. their interim report confirms that it works as its designed. well make the results of this evaluation available to the public and congress as soon as its completed. so why did it take so long to get to this point? with respect to pedal entrapment. toyota conducted investigations of consumer complai...

They blamed floor mats and sticky gas pedals. yet a growing number of automotive experts and class action lawyers like richard mckeown say that explanation just doesnt fit. >> what i hear over and over and over again, im driving down the road and my car just takes off on me. i apply the brakes. sometimes it works. sometimes it doesnt. thats the pattern that we have seen. >> so, i think unequivocally that these recalls simply do not get to the core of the problems that toyota has. >> reporter: sa...

Including the model driven by guadalupe alberto. they blamed floor mats and sticky gas pedals. yet a growing number of automotive experts and class action lawyers like richard mccuin say that explanation just doesnt fit. >> what i hear over and over and over again, im driving down the road, and my car just takes off on me. i apply the brakes. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. thats the pattern that we have seen. >> so i think unequivocally that these recalls simply do not get to the core ...

Control, and nobody knows why. it fits the description of incidents involving toyota vehicles. toyota recalled millions of cars, not including the model driven by alberto. they blamed floor mats and sticky gas peddles. but a growing amount of lawyers say that explanation does not fit. >> what i hear over and over and over again, i am driving down the road and my car takes off on me, and i apply the breaks and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. thats the pattern we have seen. >> i thicke...

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