Aug. 26, 2010 at 12:29 p.m.
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Autos,
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Recalls
By Reuters
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that it would recall about 1.13 million Corolla and Matrix cars in the United States due to defective electronic control units that could cause the vehicles to stall.
Toyota said it had unconfirmed reports of three accidents and one minor injury in connection with problems with the units on vehicles from the 2005 through 2008 model years. It will replace the units. Get the full story »
Aug. 23, 2010 at 6:05 p.m.
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Government,
Investigations
By Reuters
U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a probe into the risk that up to 1.2 million Toyota Motor Corp. Corolla and Matrix vehicles could stall due to defective electronic engine control units.
Regulators began an engineering analysis Aug. 18 into the reports of stalling in Corolla and Matrix cars from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 model years. Get the full story »