Mar 19th, 2010 · The problems with Toyota's gas pedals have been front page news for weeks now, but what about the people in front of the pedals? Earlier studies have found that the majority of car-surging incidents were actually the fault of the driver. But the recent problems with cars continuing to accelerate haven't been studied yet.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Thanks to specials like zero percent financing and price cuts, Toyota sales have risen sharply. A recent Edmunds.com dealer survey finds that so far this month, Toyota has regained the same market share of sales it had before the gas pedal recall.
Mar 18th, 2010 · As lawsuits against Toyota mount, attorneys are lining up for a leading role in the class-action lawsuits against the automaker. But it's a tough fight to grab one of those starring roles in the courtroom. Dionne Searcey, national legal correspondent for The Wall Street Journal,, discusses the lawyers' fight.
Mar 18th, 2010 · Questions about Toyota and sudden acceleration have prompted new interest in the "black boxes" on cars. Event-data recorders typically contain information about speed and acceleration in the seconds before a serious crash. The information is increasingly used in accident investigations.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Investigators from Toyota and the U.S. government inspected a crashed 2005 Prius in a suburb of New York City on Wednesday to see if its event data recorder or wreckage could point to problems with the brakes or accelerator.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Investigations into sudden acceleration involving Toyota vehicles are shedding new light on black boxes in cars. As with black boxes on planes, they can reveal a lot about driver behavior and the car's performance.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Toyota has responded to the latest developments in last week's runaway Prius investigation in San Diego. Federal inspectors say they can't duplicate the acceleration problem the driver reported after his car raced down the freeway at more than 90 miles an hour. Toyota stopped short of calling it a hoax.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Company officials question the account of a California man who said his Prius sped out of control earlier this month, saying the vehicle's accelerator was tested and found to be working normally.