Toyota announced this morning that it is beginning another round of voluntary recalls, this one covering roughly 2 million more vehicles, for issues involving pedal entrapment. That’s the floor mat issue that causes accelerator pedals to stick in the “engaged” position. This recall includes models like the Toyota RAV4 and the Highlander, and brings the [...]
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced their findings from the study that was launched ten months ago under urgings from Congress, and said that electric systems and electromagnetic interference were not to blame in the unintended acceleration issues experienced by drivers of Toyota vehicles. Toyota, which is still trying to recover from a recall [...]
Hybrid Cars shared a story recently about a new study from Carnegie Mellon University, the results of which were released last week. According to the study, hybrids and diesel-powered vehicles are a better value than their gasoline-powered counterparts. While it’s common to evaluate cars based on their cost, and hybrids and diesels do tend to [...]
From Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp is having recall issues again. The Japanese automaker has announced it will be recalling more than 1.7 million vehicles around the world, bringing it’s total number of recalled unites to almost 16 million since late 2009. So much for attempts to improve quality. The current situation is, at least, different [...]
Auto industry analysts are predicting another drop in SUV sales and trade-in values at car dealerships as gasoline prices begin another upward climb, industry authority Automotive News reported earlier this week. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, gas prices have topped $3/gallon again over the last week, the highest price since October, 2008. On [...]