Yesterday’s New York Times reports that Toyota may have known about its gas pedal problem before a recall was issued earlier this year. The Times article reports that a senior level Toyota official sent an email to his colleagues on January 16, 2010 urging them to “come clean” about the accelerator pedals’ “tendency for mechanical failure” because “the time to hide on this one is over.” Toyota met with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on January 19th – three days after that email was sent – to discuss recalls. Â
On Monday the U.S. Transportation Secretary announced that he would seek the maximum legal fine against Toyota for the sticky pedal recall. To date, eight million vehicles have been recalled and many serious accidents have been caused by the accelerator problem.
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