http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-deaths16-2010feb16,0,1968597,full.story "Another complaint detailed a 2004 crash in Indiana that took the life of a female driver whose 2003 Camry surged out of control and smashed into a building. The vehicle had less than 7,000 miles on it. A handwritten notation on the complaint, filed shortly after the accident, said 'throttle stuck -- engine surged.'" "Paramedics arriving on the scene, the complaint said, 'found the driver with both feet still on the brake pedal.'" This cavalcade of bad news does not seem to have an end. I am hoping soon that I can find something positive in the LA Times.
You should expect dozens more. Complaints are not always spurious, nor are they always justified. They do sell newspapers.
A 2003 Camry with less than 7,000 miles on it? I don't believe it... On the other hand if it was the building that had less than 7,000 miles on it I might buy it.
It's not even necessarily less. the 2003 Camry could have been purchased in the last half of 2003, and the accident occurred in the first half of 2004 - for all we know, the car could have been 6 months old.
To me, anything coming out now is pure BS. Why now and not taken seriously by governing bodies in the US back then? If a person really died because of a sudden acceleration, why did the US government kicked the a** of Toyota back then rather than now? Somebody has decided to bring down Toyota and he/they will do whatever now to achieve this objective...or to provide maximum harm as possible. Somehow I have a feeling this is coming from somewhere around Detroit...
