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Toyota knew of accelerator problem "years before" recall
US lawyers have accused Toyota of knowing about the accelerator problem that has forced the recall of thousands of vehicles "years before" the issue was recently made public.
Stanley M. Chesley from the Ohio-based law firm of Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A. made the allegation in an amended major class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp and other Toyota affiliates.
According to the new charges, in September 2006, Ernestine Montgomery's 2005 Toyota Camry accelerated without warning when her foot was on the brake, travelled over a pavement , and crashed into a the wall of a grocery store. A local Toyota dealer tried to repair the problem, in 2006 by installing a new accelerator pedal. When.
Montgomery was in for normal service in December 2009, the service manager told her she had the same accelerator pedal that Toyota currently is using to fix unintended acceleration.
Chesley claimed: "Montgomery's experience indicates that Toyota knew about acceleration problems in 2006 and failed to recall cars then."
The amendment was filed in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati, Ohio. It alleges fraudulent concealment, breach of warranties, and breach of contracts. Chesley alleges that Toyota misrepresented the problem as being caused by floor mats and has still not corrected it.
"Toyota has long known about the defect and has done too little, too late to correct it," added Chesley.
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