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Welcome back. even more trouble this morning involving a toyota vehicle. this -- take a look at this. this is the aftermath of a crash where a woman slammed her 2009 toyota corolla into a home in suburban atlanta yesterday. she claims the car accelerated out of control even though she pushed on the brake as hard as she could. the car finally stopped inside the home. thankfully no one was hurt. the driver suffered some cuts and bruises but nothing serious. toyota has reclaimed 8.5 million vehicles worldwide because of sudden acceleration problems. and to another story, a toyota defense might no...

Last time dozened of homes were destroyed. a woman drives her car into a house and blames it on toyota's sudden acceleration problems. it happened in atlanta. the driver says it car sped out of control, even though she claims she pushed the brake as hard as she could. toyota recalled 8.5 million vehicles worldwide because of these problems. a man jailed is hoping to use a toyota defense to win his freedom. in 2006, his 1996 toyota camry raced up and plowed into the rear of a car stopped at the light. three people were killed. they say it was going 70 miles an hour. he insists he did everythi...

Mats were causing sudden acceleration problems on toyota cars. but went center for auto safety asked for details about the test in a freedom of information act request, they got few answers. >> nhtsa responded to that by saying they had -- they don't know how they did the test. they don't know what they measure and they had no test data. in other words, they had nothing other than a conclusion. >> reporter: the next question is why. claybrook says nhtsa has long been considered severely understaff and underfunded ant house committee report says nhtsa appears underqualified to investigate safet...

In the cars has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted. an auto safety expert says nhtsa also conducted a technical test in 2007 and concluded that floor mats were causing sudden acceleration problems on toyota cars. but when the center for auto safety asked for details about the test in a freedom of information act request, they got few answers. >> nhtsa responded to that by saying they had -- they don't know how they did the test. they don't know what they measured and they had no test data. in other words, they had nothing other ...

State farm insurance company is now confirming that it first alerted the agency to problems with toyota cars in 2004. that very same year, 2004, the committee says nhtsa did its only study of electronic throttle control systems in toyota cars, a so-called preliminary evaluation. and then shut the evaluation down, announcing a defect trend in the cars has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted. an auto safety expert says nhtsa also conducted a technical test in 2007 and concluded that floor mats were causing sudden acceleration probl...