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Popular Mechanics
November 4, 2009
Larry Webster |
Recall Safety: How to Fix a Stuck Electronic Throttle If your car unintentionally accelerates, there are several effective countermeasures.   |
Popular Mechanics
January 22, 2010
David Kiley |
Toyota Tackles Sudden Acceleration With New Recall The Japanese automaker announced a recall of 2.3 million Toyota vehicles on Jan. 21, admitting to a problem with accelerator pedals it sourced dating back to 2005 from Indiana-based supplier CTS Automotive Products. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Larry Webster |
Toyota's Fix for Sudden-Acceleration Recall The fix is basically a shim that Toyota is calling a steel reinforcement bar. |
Popular Mechanics
February 9, 2010
James B. Meigs |
Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown In the midst of three major recalls, Toyota has been hammered by daily newspaper and TV pieces suggesting it has been slow to address safety problems. |
Popular Mechanics
October 15, 2009
Larry Webster |
Massive Recalls Jolt Toyota and Ford The floor mats on some Toyota and Lexus models can slip under the throttle pedal, and could result in a throttle stuck wide-open. And Ford trucks and SUVs have a faulty cruise-control switch that could start a vehicle fire. |
Popular Mechanics
March 10, 2010
Gregory Anderson |
Driving Hazards More Dangerous Than Unintended Acceleration Accidents caused by unintended acceleration are tragic, but texting or talking on the phone while driving is far more likely to kill you. Here is a breakdown of the main offenders, by the numbers. |
BusinessWeek
February 18, 2010
Green & Fisk |
Did Toyota Sway Traffic Safety Regulators? The Japanese automaker fended off four U.S. auto defect probes dating back to 2004 with the help of two ex-regulators on its payroll. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2004
Mike Allen |
Fixing Faulty Cruise Control Cruise control is a terrific device that substantially reduces the driver's workload on long trips and can save substantial amounts of fuel and expense over the life of the vehicle--until it stops working. |
Popular Mechanics
March 1, 2010
David Kiley |
What's Next for Toyota: Your Top Recall Questions, Answered Questions still linger, notably, what will be the ultimate consequence of Toyota's nightmare episode. |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2010
Larry Webster |
Toyota Halts Production to Tackle Sticky Gas Pedals Toyota added to an already swollen recent recall list with another monstrous 2.3-million vehicle callback. Now the company will stop producing affected vehicles as it searches for a remedy. |
Popular Mechanics
October 17, 2007
Mike Allen |
Whatever Happened to the 42-Volt Car? It's been just about 10 years since the auto industry was abuzz with the impending transition of automotive electrical systems from 12 volts to 42 volts. Didn't happen. Isn't gonna. Stop holding your breath. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2010
John Rosevear |
Toyota Blames the Victims Did they really just blame their customers for all those accidents? |
Popular Mechanics
January 29, 2010
Larry Webster |
How to Stop Sudden Unintended Acceleration The scenario is terrifying: While cruising along, your car takes off like some mysterious invisible foot has floored the throttle. |
BusinessWeek
February 18, 2010 |
U.S. Regulators Hired by Toyota Have Helped Deflect Past U.S. Car Safety Probes Court and government documents show that Christopher Tinto, Toyota's vice-president for regulatory affairs, and Christopher Santucci, who works for him, affected NHTSA investigations into alleged acceleration problems involving Toyota cars and pickups. Here's an overview. |
Popular Mechanics
February 12, 2010
John Pearley Huffman |
5 Most Notorious Recalls of All Time Toyota's current snowballing recall crisis is certainly massive, but not unprecedented. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2002
Paul Weissler |
Today's Tuneup/Version 2002 While it has changed significantly -- even in the last seven or eight years -- the concept of a tuneup itself is anything but gone. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Mike Allen |
Troubleshooting Antilock Braking Your ABS light is on. Now what? |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2010
David Welch |
Toyota's Recalls: A Tough Road Back Why Toyota may take years to win back the confidence of car buyers, assuming the flurry of recalls is over. |
Popular Mechanics
September 23, 2009
Mike Allen |
7 Car Mysteries Solved: Expert Car Clinic Experts answer the most puzzling car questions |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2010
John Rosevear |
Toyota: It's Getting Even Worse There's no end in sight to the automaker's troubles. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2010
Stephen Mauzy |
For Toyota, This, Too, Shall Pass Toyota's imbroglio will be minor in the grand scheme of things. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2010
John Rosevear |
Toyota: The New Japanese Word for "Toast"? The company that could do no wrong is suddenly in big trouble. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Bert Centala |
Sensors Make "Sense" for Home Automation Environmental sensor products can be a welcome addition to almost any Home Automation system whether they are used to actively control HVAC devices or to simply monitor key environmental parameters. |
U.S. CPSC
July 5, 2005 |
Club Car Recall of Golf Cars The accelerator pedal can temporarily stick when depressed, resulting in unexpected acceleration or difficulty braking. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Is Toyota MADD? The automaker's plan to install drunk-driver detectors could backfire. Clearly, Toyota's being a good corporate citizen. But the initiative may not do much, if anything, to solve the problem of drunk driving -- and it could hurt Toyota shareholders in the process. |
Popular Mechanics
January 30, 2008
Mike Allen |
Just Stop Whining and Fix Your Car: The Angry Mechanic They say modern cars are way too technical to be repaired by ordinary folks, but it hasn't turned into rocket science. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2010
John Rosevear |
Huge Toyota Recall? No Big Deal. As recalls go, this most recent one of Toyota's is a mixed bag. |
Car and Driver
February 2004
Frank Markus |
Toyota Prius: Fuel economists wanted. Space-age styling with enough gadgetry and processing power to turn HAL 9000 green, at the down-to-earth price of a Camry. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2009 |
How to Diagnose Car Electrical Problems by Tracing Voltage Drops Electricity shouldn't be daunting, especially when it comes to automotive wiring. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2010
Tim Beyers |
Toyota's Troubles Are Just Beginning A recall could force a reevaluation of the entire business. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
John Rosevear |
This Week in Autos It was a week in which Ford reported another great quarter, General Motors continued to get skewered for its claim to have "paid back" the U.S. taxpayers, and Toyota found yet another variation on the recall tune. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
John Rosevear |
Like Its Cars, Toyota's Woes Aren't Stopping The problems with the Prius's brakes are just the tip of a nasty iceberg. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
John Rosevear |
Toyota's Problems: 8.5 Million and Counting At least Toyota is owning up to its Prius recall in semiprompt fashion. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2010
Rich Smith |
Picture of the Day: Toyota -- Moving Backward Citing a range of problems newly discovered -- problems with fuel pumps, problems with the brake fluid -- Toyota this morning announced it must recall 740,000 Lexus, Avalon, and Highlander models in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Ian Rowley |
Even Toyota Isn't Perfect A raft of recalls lately has Toyota scrambling to safeguard its reputation for quality. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2010
John Rosevear |
Toyota's Shameful Wrist-Slap So much for facing the consequences. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
Brian Betts |
Smart Sensors A single moment of human error can make a sensor and all the data it gathers worse than worthless. A new standard for analog sensors could save lives and money. |
BusinessWeek
February 11, 2010
David Welch et al. |
How Detroit Can Gain from Toyota's Recalls GM and Ford have an opportunity to steal buyers from a bloodied Toyota. The trick is not to seem predatory. |
