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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Toyota Motor Corp.shares ended unchanged at the midday break Friday in Tokyo following Thursday’s announcement it is considering a recall of up to 270,000 vehicles worldwide to fix an engine problem. The recall could cost the Japanese automaker up to 20 billion yen ($228 million) according to Reuters. Toyota said Thursday it was considering a [...]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide – including luxury Lexus sedans – have potentially faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global recalls of top-selling models. Japan’s top-selling daily Yomiuri said in its evening edition that Toyota will inform the transport ministry of a [...]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Toyota could recall about 270,000 cars worldwide, including multiple luxury Lexus sedan models, after reports of faulty engines, it said today. The Japanese carmaker has found a problem with the engine’s valve springs installed in eight high-end models, which could cause the engine to stall while moving. It is not thought that the fault has [...]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Toyota Motor Corp. is considering a global recall of eight models including its top-of-the-line LS460 sedan of the flagship Lexus series due to possible engine failure, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. Up to about 270,000 cars worldwide, including roughly 90,000 units sold in Japan, could be subject to Toyota’s latest recall due to [...]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
CANADA (GaeaTimes.com)- Toyota Motors, the legendary Japanese carmaker has been going through a critical time. It has been trying for some time to emerge unscathed from the effect of a massive recall affecting several millions of its vehicles worldwide. At the beginning of 2010, a great number of its passenger cars like Camry and Prius [...]