Toyota Recalls

Safety regulators probe airbag deployments in Honda Odyssey vans

2013-06-10 08:18:00

Federal safety regulators have opened a probe, looking at whether airbags are deploying without warning in about 320,000 Honda Odyssey vans from the 2003 and 2004 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has received six...

Toyota recalls 242,000 Prius, Lexus hybrids for brake problems

2013-06-05 08:22:00

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has issued a voluntary recall of about 242,000 of its popular Prius hybrid sedan because of brake pressure parts that could crack and slow down stopping times. The recall includes a small number of the Lexus HS 250h...

Chrysler defies request for Jeep fuel tank recall

2013-06-05 00:00:00

For two decades, some Jeep SUV models have shown an alarming tendency to burst into flames after rear-end collisions. At least 51 people have died. On Tuesday, after a two-year investigation, federal safety regulators identified a likely cause —...

Honda to boost Acura brand, build new electric-augmented NSX in Ohio

2013-05-14 12:11:00

Honda's overhaul of its luxury Acura brand will include a redesigned and electric-augmented NSX supercar, which will be built in a $70-million refurbished plant in Marysville, Ohio. Acura sales in the U.S. were up 14% in the first four months of the...

BMW joins automakers recall for air bags that could spray shrapnel

2013-05-06 08:37:00

BMW is recalling 42,000 of its model year 2002 and 2003 3-series cars because of front-passenger-side air bags that may not inflate properly in a collision, the automaker said Monday. BMW is the latest to join a group of five other automakers that...

Toyota will build Lexus sedans at Kentucky plant, adding 750 jobs

2013-04-19 08:31:00

Toyota Motor Co. plans to build Lexus cars in the U.S. when it completes an expansion of the factory in Kentucky where it makes the Camry and Avalon sedans. Toyota said Friday it will shift production of the Lexus ES 350 from a factory in Kyushu, Japan,...

Shifter problem behind Honda recall of CR-V, Odyssey and Acura RDX

2013-04-18 16:46:00

Honda Motor Co. will recall 204,500 CR-V crossovers, Odyssey minivans and Acura RDX crossovers to replace a safety component. During internal testing of the vehicles, Honda discovered that in subfreezing temperatures it could be possible to shift the...

Huge recall for Honda, Toyota, more: Airbags can spray shrapnel

2013-04-11 08:05:00

A faulty airbag part that can explode and send shrapnel into the passenger cabin is responsible for the global recall of more than 3 million cars manufactured by Honda, Nissan, Toyota and General Motors and will likely lead to more recalls. The...

Experts expect summer gasoline prices as low as $3.84 in California

2013-04-11 10:03:00

Experts are saying American drivers, including Californians, can expect some of the lowest summer gasoline prices they have seen in three years. Some are predicting a steady decline in California gasoline prices to as low as $3.84 a gallon by August....

Air bag problem forces recall of millions of vehicles

2013-04-11 03:26:00

Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending plastic pieces flying. No injuries have been reported related to the problem....

New Toyota FJ Cruiser recall due to headlights that may blind drivers

2013-05-03 08:59:00

Toyota is issuing another recall of FJ Cruiser SUVs. This time, the automaker is recalling 11,489 of its model year 2007-2013 Cruisers because of a headlight problem that could blind oncoming drivers. In March, Toyota recalled 209,000 Cruisers because...

Toyota overhauls management, gives more autonomy to North America

2013-03-06 08:32:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. In a move to give more autonomy to the regions where Toyota Motor Corp. sells cars and bring a new generation of leadership to the company’s top management, the automaker...

Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a voluntary recall of about 242,000 of its popular Prius hybrid sedan. shown here, because of brake pressure parts that could crack and slow down stopping times. The recall includes a small number of the Lexus HS 250h hybrid vehicle.

2013-06-05 15:06:00

Toyota said it will recall about 750,000 Corollas built in 2003 and 2004 to fix an airbag problem blamed for injuring 18 people.

2013-01-30 08:08:21

Toyota issued more than 14 million recall notices worldwide from November 2009 to February 2011 and repeatedly maintained that its electronically controlled throttles played no role in the problem.

2012-01-17 19:13:57