Topic: Automotive Safety
Toyota hearings may lead to new auto safety rules
AP News
With hearings over, lawmakers weigh new safety rules for Toyota in wake of massive recallsAfter skewering top Toyota executives in three congressional hearings, lawmakers and federal safety officials will now decide if the auto industry needs new regulations to ensure that the company's huge safety recalls aren't repeated ...
Top US official ties Toyota woes to Japan US beef dispute
AFP Asian Edition
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood vowed Tuesday to make the case on an upcoming trip to Japan that US regulators are treating Toyota more fairly than their Japanese counterparts treat US beef. "It's a point well made and one that we should be making when it comes to automobiles ...
Toyota execs back in US Congress hot seat
AFP Asian Edition
Top Toyota executives faced another grilling by US lawmakers Tuesday as the number of US deaths blamed on defects in the Japanese auto giant's vehicles rose to more than 50. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee was holding the third hearing in one week on the world number ...
GM to recall 1.3M compacts for steering problem
AP News
GM to recall 1.3 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other compacts to fix power steering problemGeneral Motors Co. is recalling 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac compact cars sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to fix power steering motors that can fail. The recall affects 2005 to 2010 ...
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