Safety & Accident

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today announced that, working in cooperation with Attorneys General across the country, Toyota will be extending on a nationwide basis the additional services being provided to Toyota and Lexus customers in New York affected by the company's recent recalls.

Tags: Lexus, Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 model-year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle's anti-lock brake system (ABS).

Tags: HS 250h, Lexus, Prius, Recall, Toyota

TORRANCE, CA - Overall, U.S. commercial fleets have been measured in their response to 2.3 million vehicle safety recalls and sales/production suspension of eight Toyota models due to reports of sticking accelerator pedals causing sudden, unintended vehicle speed-up.

Tags: ADESA, Manheim, NAAA, Recall, ServNet, Toyota

WASHINGTON - Jaguar is recalling more than 2,000 MY 2010 Jaguar XF vehicles because the fuel transfer pipe in the fuel tank may be kinked.

Tags: Jaguar, NHTSA, Recall

HERNDON, VA - Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. announced it would initiate a new customer service program to address concerns raised by its customers with certain Direct Shift Gearboxes (DSG) in Volkswagen and Audi models.

Tags: Audi, Direct Shift Gearboxes , Recall, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. , VWGoA

HERNDON, VA - Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced a voluntary recall involving 13,500 vehicles equipped with its DSG transmission. Models affected by the recall include the Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GTI, and Eos built between September 2008 and August 2009.

Tags: Eos, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Recall, Volkswagen

WASHINGTON - BMW is recalling every 2008 1-Series and 3-Series car to correct a defect that could cause an airbag failure.

Tags: 1-Series, 2008 model-year, 3-Series, Airbag, BMW, Recall

DEARBORN, Mich. --- Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 225,000 vehicles that were already repaired as part of an earlier recall to address concerns about a cruise control deactivation switch, the Detroit News reported.

Tags: Recall