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• One dead in Chaffee County accident

  October 26, 2010 1:42 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol reports one person died overnight in an accident on Highway 24 in Chaffee County. According to the accident report, an 1989 Honda Civic was traveling east on Highway 24 when it went out of control and went into the westbound land. That vehicle was hit by... more »

• Toyota recalling 1.53 million cars globally

  October 21, 2010 8:13 AM

  Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems. Toyota said it will recall about 740,000 cars in the U.S. and 599,000 in Japan. The world's biggest automaker has recalled more than 10 million... more »

• Toyota: 3.7M U.S. vehicles fixed under recalls

  October 4, 2010 12:31 PM

  Toyota has fixed about 3.7 million vehicles in the United States that have been part of the company's massive safety recalls. Toyota says in a progress update Monday that customer complaints about unintended acceleration made to its consumer hotline have fallen considerably since April. Toyota has been working... more »

• Toyota recalls Corollas, Matrixes

  August 26, 2010 12:56 PM

  Toyota is recalling more than a million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks with engines that may stall. Toyota said Thursday that the recalls affect vehicles sold in North America from the 2005-2008 model years. Three accidents and one injury have been reported due to the problem. Federal... more »

• Toyota hit with another vehicle recall

  July 29, 2010 12:01 PM

  Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S. for steering problems in which three accidents have been reported, the automaker said Thursday. The 373,000 Avalons being recalled range from the 2000 model year through to 2004 and have improper casting of the steering lock... more »

• Toyota subpoenaed by federal grand jury

  July 20, 2010 8:10 AM

  Toyota Motor Corp. says it has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in New York to submit documents related to problems with steering relay rods. The world's largest automaker said Tuesday the federal grand jury issued the subpoena in late June. Toyota said it was the company's second... more »

• Toyota settles patent dispute with technology firm

  July 19, 2010 3:32 PM

  Toyota has settled a dispute with a U.S. company that had been claiming the Japanese automaker used its technology without permission for use in popular hybrids like the Prius. Toyota Motor Corp. and Paice LLC say they settled the patent dispute and agreed to have all lawsuits between them... more »

• Gov't has reached no conclusions in Toyota case

  July 14, 2010 12:38 PM

  The government says it hasn't reached any conclusions about whether Toyota drivers may be to blame for their vehicles suddenly accelerating. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Wednesday its engineers continue to investigate possible causes of sudden acceleration in Toyotas along with the National Academy of Sciences and... more »

• Toyota knew about Lexus problem 2 years ago

  July 6, 2010 10:00 AM

  A company official says Toyota knew about the engine problem in the Lexus and Crown vehicles two years ago but didn't think a recall was warranted at the time. The official says the company changed the spring part to correct the problem. A global recall is now under... more »

• Toyota ordered to release internal documents

  May 28, 2010 7:06 PM

  The judge presiding over hundreds of federal lawsuits against Toyota has ordered the automaker to give internal documents to lawyers suing the company over sudden acceleration problems. U.S. District Judge James Selna on Friday said Toyota Motor Corp. has one month to provide the documents that it previously gave... more »

• Update: Toyota recalls 3,800 Lexus cars

  May 21, 2010 1:45 PM

  Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling about 3,800 Lexus LS sedans in the U.S. to fix a problem with the steering system. The Japanese automaker earlier recalled 4,500 LS models in Japan to address the same steering issue. The company says the recall affects late 2009 and certain 2010... more »

• Toyota pays fine over pedal problem

  May 18, 2010 1:05 PM

  Toyota has paid a record $16.4 million fine for a slow response to its accelerator pedal recall. A Transportation Department official says the Japanese automaker paid the fine on Tuesday. The company agreed to the fine on April 19 and had 30 days to pay it. The official was... more »

• Toyota may be hit with more fines

  May 10, 2010 8:50 AM

  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says more fines are possible for Toyota Motor Corp. if further safety violations are uncovered. LaHood said Monday that documents submitted by Toyota to the U.S. government are still being reviewed, and he would not hesitate to impose more penalties. He spoke at... more »

• Highway safety agency wants more auto recall power

  May 6, 2010 12:06 PM

  The government's highway safety agency is supporting a plan in Congress to give it more power to conduct auto recalls. Following the massive Toyota recalls, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to tell a House hearing Thursday that the agency supports draft legislation that would... more »

• Literacy grant helps Hispanic families in Pueblo

  April 29, 2010 7:07 PM

  Pueblo City schools has received a $600,000 grant to help Hispanic families improve their English skills. Some students have struggled with classwork, because their parents only speak Spanish, but now changing. At Bradford Elementary School, 7 year-old Bryan Moreno is learning how to read English. "Hey dad this is... more »

• Toyota to recall about 50,000 Sequoia SUVs

  April 28, 2010 11:40 AM

  Toyota says it is recalling about 50,000 Sequoia sport utility vehicles from the 2003 model year to fix an unexpected slowing of the vehicle. The problem is with the vehicle's electronic stability control. Toyota says they have no reports of accidents or injuries. The stability control system helps maintain traction... more »

• Toyota to recall 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUVs

  April 19, 2010 1:58 PM

  A Transportation Department official says Toyota will recall the 2010 Lexus GX 460 to address a potential problem with the SUV rolling over. The recall affects about 6,000 vehicles that have been sold since the SUV went on sale in late December. Consumer Reports issued a "Don't Buy" warning... more »

• Toyota says it duplicates SUV test; recalls minivans

  April 17, 2010 1:02 PM

  Toyota says it's engineers have duplicated the test results that led Consumer Reports to issue a rare "don't buy" warning on the 2010 Lexus GX 460 over worries that the vehicle could roll over. Lexus says it's evaluating potential remedies, but it's "too early to speculate" on what they might... more »

• Toyota official: 'We need to come clean'

  April 7, 2010 5:39 PM

  The Associated Press has learned that five days before Toyota announced a massive recall, a U.S. company executive wrote in an internal e-mail: "We need to come clean" about accelerator problems. Irv Miller, Toyota's group vice president for environment and public affairs, wrote: "The time to hide on this... more »

• Toyota to continue sales incentives through April

  April 6, 2010 11:06 AM

  Toyota says it will keep up most of its heavy incentives through April after the deals helped lift sales more than 40 percent last month. Toyota Motor Corp. says it will continue offering discounted leases on up to eight models, including the Camry, Corolla and RAV4. It will also offer... more »

• Government seeking maximum penalty against Toyota

  April 5, 2010 4:14 PM

  The Transportation Department says it's seeking the maximum penalty, more than $16 million, against Toyota for failing to promptly notify the government about defective gas pedals among its vehicles. The fine would be the largest civil penalty ever issued to an automaker by the government. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood... more »

• NASA to help find cause of acceleration problems

  March 30, 2010 9:05 AM

  It may not be rocket science, but NASA is going to help the government's effort to find out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that forced Toyota's big recalls. The National Academy of Sciences will also play a role. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the NASA scientists will... more »

• Attorneys sharpen tools to sue Toyota

  March 25, 2010 8:29 AM

  Toyota faces a federal court hearing today on whether dozens of lawsuits over recent safety issues will be consolidated before a single judge. A panel of federal judges in San Diego will choose whether to combine more than 100 Toyota lawsuits and where to send them. Toyota has... more »

• Toyota will replace pedals for unhappy owners

  March 23, 2010 11:28 AM

  Toyota is telling dealers it will provide replacement accelerator pedals to owners who are dissatisfied with their repairs under the massive recall. The Japanese automaker says in a memo obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press that if a customer is unhappy with the feel of the accelerator after it's fixed,... more »

• Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock price

  March 21, 2010 12:01 PM

  Some Toyota shareholders are upset over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price and they are filing lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems. At least three proposed class-action lawsuits filed by Toyota investors say the company gave false... more »

• Probe questions runaway Prius story

  March 14, 2010 8:10 AM

  A memo drafted for a congressional panel says the Toyota Prius involved in a California runaway car incident performed exactly as it is designed to in tests trying to replicate the situation. The memo obtained by The Associated Press casts doubt on the driver's contention that the car sped out... more »

• Safety agency under spotlight in House hearing

  March 11, 2010 8:28 AM

  Toyota's massive recalls are bringing new scrutiny to the government's auto safety agency. They are prompting Congress to look at how federal safety officials have lived up to their mission of protecting motorists. A House panel on Thursday plans to examine the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's oversight of... more »

• Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus

  March 9, 2010 11:27 AM

  First the recalls, now the lawsuits. At least 89 class-action suits have been filed by Toyota owners who claim that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet. The suits could cost the automaker $3 billion or more. The figures don't include potential payouts for wrongful... more »

• Toyota aims to prove electronics aren't to blame

  March 8, 2010 2:29 PM

  Toyota Motor Corp. plans to rebut claims that the electronics of its cars and trucks are to blame for unwanted acceleration problems that are behind the recall of more than 8 million vehicles. The automaker is holding a demonstration Monday to counter tests by an engineering professor that show... more »

• Toyota's pain is rivals' sales gain in February

  March 2, 2010 4:07 PM

  Toyota's American rivals have been benefiting from the Japanese automaker's recent troubles. Despite the snowstorms that plagued much of the country in February, the auto industry reported higher U.S. sales in February -- with the American companies scooping up customers from Toyota, which saw its own U.S. sales fall... more »

• LaHood: cars on recall list "are not safe"

  February 24, 2010 12:42 PM

  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the Toyotas listed on the recall list "are not safe." Testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, LaHood says his department's Web site lists "every Toyota that's up for recall." And he says, "I want anybody who has one of those... more »