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TOYOTA/LEXUS SUDDEN
ACCELERATION
INCIDENTS
- Feb 18 2011
NHTSA
issues redacted NASA report entitled "National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration Toyota Unintended Acceleration Investigation'.
Redacted
report and appendices available at: http://www.nhtsa.gov/UA
- Note
by AFA: This NASA technical report isof the highest importance
for the future safety of millions of motorists worldwide. In my opinion
redaction undermines the work carried out by NASA. Only with free and
open discussion of the full contents of the report will the state of
the art regarding the causes of sudden acceleration be advanced. Click
to download pdf entitled: Redaction in the 2011 NASA Report "NHTSA
Toyota Unintended Acceleration Investigation"
- August
28th
2009:
Model
Year
2009
Lexus
ES350:
4
DEAD.
According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), a loaner 2009
Lexus ES 350 driven by CHP Officer Mark Saylor, and three family
members experienced a serious malfunction, which caused the accelerator
to stick. Someone reportedly dialed 911 around 6:30 p.m. to report the
cars accelerator was stuck, and the car could not be stopped while
traveling nearly 100 miles per hour. The out-of-control car careened
through the intersection of Route 125 and Mission Gorge Road and
collided with a Ford Explorer. The Lexus then jumped a curb, plowed
through a fence, and then slammed into an embankment before going
airborne. The luxury car reportedly overturned several times before it
came to a stop and burst into flames in the San Diego River basin. The
CHP officer Mark Saylor, 45; his wife, Cleofe, 45; Saylor’s daughter,
Mahala, 13; and his brother-in-law, Chris Lastrella were all tragically
killed at the scene of the horrific crash.
http://www.newyorkinjurynews.com/2009/09/02/California-automobile-accident-attorneys-news-Runaway-Lexus-kills-4_20090902877.html
See
also
NBC
Video
- Sept
18
2010Toyota settles suit over Saylor car crash The
fatal crash near San Diego last year drew national attention to sudden
acceleration in its vehicles and led to huge recalls. The settlement
leaves out co-defendant Bob Baker Lexus dealership. Ken Bensinger LA
Times. On 21st September 2010 the LA Times issued the following
correction: Toyota settlement: An article
in the Sept. 18 Section A about a Toyota legal settlement omitted the
last four words of a statement by the automaker. It should have read
"Toyota and the Saylor and Lastrella families reached an amicable
agreement in mediation that fully resolves their product liability
claims against Toyota and a Lexus dealership." As the article noted
elsewhere, the settlement did not resolve negligence claims by the
families against the dealership, Bob Baker Lexus, which remains a
defendant.
- August
15,
2007
LEXUS
SAFETY PROBE
WIDENS: 40 report unintended acceleration : WASHINGTON
STAFF
Federal
regulators have stepped up an investigation into 98,454 Lexus ES 350
sedans
after amassing 40 reports of unintended acceleration, including eight
crashes
and 12 injuries, along with cases in which drivers said their cars
stopped only
after an accident. Toyota Motor Co. told safety officials that the
problem
appeared to be caused by loose floor mats and contends that it dealt
with the
flaw through a mailing to customers earlier this year. But the National
Highway
Traffic Safety Administration decided to continue its investigation
last week
to verify whether Toyota's efforts were sufficient.
- May
4th
2004 : Drivers Blame Sudden
Acceleration For Crashes HOUSTON -- Last December,
a car crashed
into a
strip center soccer store in Kingwood. As it plowed inside, 45-year-old
Debbie MacAfee was killed. Another woman survived, but is still
recovering from her injuries. Carol Parish was the driver that day. She
still cries about the crash, five months later. "It's a horrible hole
that is shot through your spirit," Parish said. She said that she was
backing out of a parking space, and then started to pull away. That's
when she said her car took on a mind of its own. ....Houston area
Congressman Nick Lampson asks for Government to re-open Sudden
Acceleration investigation.
See
also
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=125&did=887
- April 13th 2004 : Technology puts
unintended acceleration back in spotlight. By Jayne O'Donnell
and David Kiley / USA TODAY. Carol Mathews, 60,
has been driving since she was 12 years old on a South
Dakota farm. So when her 2002 Lexus ES 300 ran into a tree as she
pulled into a restaurant parking space last fall, she was pretty sure
she wasn't the problem. She says it was the third time the car lurched
forward without her help. http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2004-04-13-unintended-acceleration_x.htm
- HOUSTON, Texas Dec 5th 2003 -- One woman was
killed
and
another was seriously injured Friday when a car slammed through a
Kingwood-area store,. Police said the driver of a Lexus lost control of
her vehicle around noon and it rammed through the front of Soccer 4
All, 4423 Kingwood Drive. News2Houston report: http://www.click2houston.com/news/2686211/detail.html#
- Federal Register / Vol.
68, No.
183 / Monday, September 22, 2003 / Notices 55076-79:
Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP03–003 :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. See
under
NHTSA Notice describing the
reasons for denying a petition by Mr. Peter Boddaert requesting
that the agency conduct a Petition Analysis ‘‘covering Lexus cars,
model years 1997 to 2000, model series 300 & 400.’’
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