Tuesday, February 22, 2011

New Toyota fined a record 32.4 million vehicles recalled the incident failed

Toyota has agreed to pay record fine 32, $ 4 million on the recall of millions of car repair. This is a fine record of the 2nd largest car manufacturer in the world must be submitted to the U.S. government, after having closed at U.S. $ 16.4 million fine in April for delays in action have received warnings agencies American Traffic Safety.
Since September last year, Toyota has recalled a total of 14 round the car, over 10 million units worldwide.

Steve St. Angelo, Toyota's North American director, said: "This agreement is for us to build closer relationships with the Transportation Safety Agency and the U.S. for us to focus more on listening and response expectations of our customers. "


U.S. Transport Minister also satisfied the penalty for Toyota. However, these fines are not cleared all the trouble for them. The company also faces lawsuits by U.S. citizens on civil liability and criminal.

In September last year, Toyota recalled 4 million vehicles because of concerns the gas pedal stuck to floor mats. January this year, Toyota recalled 2.3 million vehicles due to defective gas pedal.

In August, the company recalled 1.2 million Corolla and Matrix at fault in the engine control system, and in October Toyota recalled more than 1.5 million vehicles because of problems brakes and fuel pumps.

Toyota has been criticized for not being recalled to fix sooner and faster action. The company has carried out many improvements in the quality monitoring activities and relationships with customers in an effort to restore prestige has diminished.

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