Washington - If last year, Toyota is proud to have defeated the American giant on its own, a car manufacturer from Japan, it seemed to be made dizziness.Because after a while and then was forced to pull back 3.8 million products from the market, Toyota now have to face the demands of American citizens after the Toyota and Lexus user class-action lawsuit filed into the largest manufacturer in the world.
Class action against Toyota's American society was posted through the McCuneWright attorney's office over the weekend announced that it has filed a national class-action lawsuit against the Japanese car maker Toyota.
The lawsuit followed an error in a Toyota car carpet can make a fast car suddenly because the gas pedal is stuck carpet.
As a result of a trivial but fatal mistake, according to the latest data from the firm McCuneWright has happened hundreds of accidents by up to 243 injured people and dead victims as much as 16 people.
"For years, Toyota Motor Corporation has stopped the complaints consumers and pointed as a driver error," said a lawyer McCuneWright, David Wright.
Toyota also asked to fix a problem with the ignition key must be pressed continuously for three seconds when the vehicle moves to the machine is not dead, hard to find the position of the brake gear netraldan that require too much power to stop the vehicle.
"We think this lawsuit is needed to save lives," said Wright.
Meanwhile, the LA Times as reported by Reuters stated that there have been at least eight issues investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the last seven years, but six of the cases were closed because of no strong evidence.
However, an independent safety expert Sean Kane, who also is president of Safety Research and Strategies, instead found nearly 2,000 cases related to Toyota cars.
Most accidents were not fatal, but there is a case in which a Lexus ES 350 shot up more than about 100 mph or 160 km / h and crashed near San Diego on 28 August. This accident killed California Highway Patrol officer, the driver and three family members.
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