Issues
Safety Scandal Shames Mitsubishi
New Cover-Up Allegations Hobble Japan’s Fourth-Largest Automaker
By Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, July 6, 2004; Page E01
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Shiho Okamoto was killed while walking home from a neighborhood video store with her two young sons when a 220-pound wheel fell off the front axle of a Mitsubishi truck moving behind her. The wheel crushed Okamoto’s skull and spine.
Letter to NCSA on Acura MDX Fire Fatalities
May 4, 2004
Dealers Seek Laws to Thwart Lawsuits
By Donna Harris
Automotive News June 07, 2004
Dealers Push for Arbitration
More dealerships demand that customers give up the right to sue
By Donna Harris
Automotive News / June 07, 2004
Automakers Gear Up for California Climate Fight
By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / June 14, 2004
Backer of Rollover Tests Disputes Results
By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / June 14, 2004
Former Mitsubishi President is Arrested
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP BUSINESS WRITER
TOKYO — Katsuhiko Kawasoe, the former president of scandal-plagued Mitsubishi Motors Corp., was arrested Thursday on charges related to a cover-up of auto defects suspected in a fatal accident.
Five other Mitsubishi officials, including a former president and vice president of the automaker’s truck unit, were also arrested, and police said all six were in custody.
Jury Raises Compensation in SUV Crash
By Ray Huard
STAFF WRITER
June 4, 2004
Ford Motor Co. should pay punitive damages of $246 million in addition to nearly $123 million in compensatory damages to a Del Cerro woman paralyzed two years ago in a Ford Explorer rollover crash, a jury said yesterday.
Toyota Sulfur Odor – 2002-2004 Camry, Solara, 2003-2004 4Runner, Corolla, Matrix
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2002-2004 Camry w/1MZ-FE Engine
2002-2004 Camry w/2AZ-FE Engine