Issues
Out to lunch with Diana Foote: Car troubles bring back haunting memories
By Diana Foote
March 10, 2010
Here in Vero Beach, my mother-in-law drives a 2008 Toyota Avalon.
Reports of sudden, unintended acceleration pushed our family to demand immediate service, even before she received a recall letter. Toyota graciously complied.
I have a history with sudden acceleration that has haunted me for 18 years.
It’s the end of the road for Hummer
By David Usborne
Feb. 26, 2010
…Environmentalists took a different view. "Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet," said Daniel Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Centre for Auto Safety in Washington. "Hummer should rest in pieces."
Ode to the fallen Hummer
Salon.com
By Andrew Leonard
Feb. 25, 2010
…The L.A. Times quotes Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, as saying that "Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet. Hummer should rest in pieces. " …
‘Rest in Pieces, Hummer:’ Chinese regulators block Tengzhong’s dream of buying iconic GM brand.
TODAYonline
Feb. 26, 2010
"Closing Hummer simultaneously improves the health of GM, China and the planet," said Mr Daniel Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Centre for Auto Safety, an advocacy group in Washington. "Hummer should rest in pieces."
Ford Explorer Death Inquiry Letter from NHTSA
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Floor mat problem sparked 2000 Toyota recall in U.K.
U.S. chief Lentz cites weaknesses in information sharing
Neil Roland
Automotive News | February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. recalled its Lexus IS 200 in the United Kingdom for floor mat entrapment almost 10 years ago without informing U.S. highway safety regulators.
"We didn’t do a very good job of sharing information across the globe," Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., conceded here today at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.