Leave it to Toyota to set records. Ol' "Mr. T" is now the defendant in the first consumer lawsuit of its kind, charged with violating RICO, the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. I like the part where one of the attorneys refers to Toyota's policy of blaming somebody else when things go wrong. That's the Toyota I've come to know.
Racketeering? Somehow, Toyota keeps remindin' me of the Godfather.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202446254842&Racketeering_Unfair_Business_Practices_Claims_Added_Against_Toyota
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Toyota is the story of engine failures, unintended acceleration, lawsuits, an oil sludge petition signed by thousands (see 9/13/09 post), thuggery at dealerships, and contempt for customers. I lost $8,500 due to an engine failure (at under 30,000 miles) in my MR2 Spyder, and discovered that my case is one of many (see 5/22/09 post). A Lexus crash that killed four people (see 10/8/09 post) has now prompted recalls and raised alarming questions about Toyota's influence within the NHTSA.
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- > BLOG: Betsy Benjaminson
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- > Toyota Code Could be Lethal
- > How GM, Toyota responded to massive recalls
- > Acceleration, Spaghetti Software, and Trauma at the Kitchen Sink
- > TOYOTA'S KILLER FIRMWARE: Michael Barr's peers evaluate his findings regarding sudden unintended acceleration
- > Why Toyota is settling its Sudden Acceleration Cases
- > NASA physicist Henning Leidecker warning of unintended accleration risk in '02-'06 Camrys
- > Software bugs found to be cause of Toyota acceleration death
- > Cartoon: Sudden Acceleration of Toyota Truth-telling
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- > UPDATE: Software expert Michael Barr sets the record straight regarding Toyota's sudden unintended acceleration
- > Toyota Case: Single Bit Flip That Killed
- > Toyota's deadly secrets
- > Deadly by Design (recent book)
- > The Myth of Driver Error
- > The Pre-Cat Blew Up My MR2 Spyder
- > ToyotaProblems.com
- > Toyota Losin' for a Reason: How I learned that engines disintegrating in MR2 Spyders was the tip of an iceberg
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- Parris Boyd
- W. Columbia, South Carolina, United States
- Artist, impressionism and abstract. Born in Virginia, lived in Oklahoma and New Mexico for several years. B.A., Government and Public Administration, University of South Carolina, 1974. Single, non-smoker. No kids, no pets, and NO regrets :-) Four miserable years in the Army, duped into joining after I bought the government's lies about Vietnam. I decided to start blogging when mainstream media kept bloodcurdling facts quiet regarding the death of Marine recruit Jason Tharp. Search "Tharp case still makes me cry"