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Toyota Motor Corporation on Wednesday announced details of new quality related actions at a press conference in Tokyo. Full story...

Conceding that breakneck expansion led to Toyota Motor Corp.'s current recall crisis, President Akio Toyoda outlined reforms meant to get quality back on track, including more active use of the car's so-called black box crash data recorder. Full story...

Conceding that breakneck expansion led to Toyota Motor Corp.'s current recall crisis, President Akio Toyoda outlined reforms meant to get quality back on track, including more active use of the car's so-called black box crash data recorder. Full story...

Toyota is planning to idle two plants in the US and its UK factory and is reviewing other European output because sales have been hit in the wake of the company's global recall crisis. Full story...

Resale values of Honda and Toyota vehicles in South Korea has plummeted following their recalls, industry data showed. Full story...

Federal regulators are investigating whether Toyota Motor Corp. made its unintended-acceleration recalls promptly enough and whether they included all models with possible defects. Full story...

Toyota Motor Corp. is switching from factory overtime to factory shutdowns because of the disruption in retail sales caused by its January safety recall. Full story...

Toyota's UK-made, production-ready Auris hybrid will make its world debut at the Geneva auto show early next month. Full story...

Toyota has recalled 57,300 vehicles in Turkey as part of its global campaign to fix a faulty accelerator pedal. Full story...

More consumer complaints of accidents and deaths have emerged that are related to unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles, U.S. regulators said on Monday. Full story...

Security was on hand during the Toyota make meeting here on Monday, but there wasn't a peep of hostility aired toward the company during an hour-long session, dealers said. Full story...

Fatalities alleged by consumers to the government related to unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles have reached 34, with a recent jump in complaints accounting for more than a third of the total, U.S. regulators said on Monday. Full story...

Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS) has announced a voluntary safety recall to inspect the front drive shaft on some 2010 model year Tacoma 4WD trucks. Full story...

Toyota Motor has decided to conduct another review of electronic throttle control systems that have been linked with unintended acceleration problems in its cars, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday. Full story...

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Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda will hold a briefing on Wednesday in Tokyo to update on the progress of the massive global recall that has tarnished the reputation of the world's largest automaker. Full story...

Toyota Motor is considering increased incentives and an extended warranty program to combat consumer concerns about a deepening product safety crisis, a source briefed on still-developing plans has said on Sunday. Full story...

Hybrid Technology Development and Enhanced Product Appeal are the leading themes for Toyota's presentation at the Geneva motor show, represented by a range of concept and production models that will be making their first appearance in Europe. Full story...

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) today announced it was amending the voluntary safety improvement campaign initiated last year to provide certain vehicle-based improvements to help address the potential risk of floor mat entrapment due to an incompatible or unsecured driver's side floor mat. The safety improvement campaign will now also include certain MY Corolla, MY Matrix and MY Highlander vehicles. Toyota is also announcing a voluntary safety recall in respect of certain 2010 4-wheel drive Tacoma vehicles. Full story...

Things began to settle down a bit on the Toyota recall front a bit this week, at last. It had been expected over the weekend the Prius would get recalled and the New Zealand unit was first off the mark on Monday with a voluntary recall with head office following up on Tuesday with a four-model hybrid recall including the Prius. Full story...