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Originally Posted by RWebb
This looks bad - we don't know all the details yet. Maybe worse than sniper puts it or maybe not as bad as that.
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It's not just the design problems. It's that Toyota has ignored the problem for a long time without addressing the issues.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall.
State Farm insurance said it noticed an uptick in reports of unwanted acceleration in Toyotas from its large customer database and warned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in late 2007. NHTSA officials said the report was reviewed and the agency issued a recall later that month.
NHTSA received complaints about acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles as early as 2003, and congressional investigators are looking into whether the government missed warning signs of the problems.
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When warnings come in 2003-2007 and are ignored, there is something very wrong.