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Toyota Owners Say Fix Didn’t Work
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - March 3, 2010 12:10 pm EDT
This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.
Several Toyota owners whose cars are back on the road after being serviced as part of the automaker’s massive recall have told federal regulators that the fix didn’t work, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received at least seven complaints in the last two weeks from owners who say that after their cars were serviced, they "still surged out of control," according to the Times. While … more…
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Alexandra Andrews is a former assistant editor at ProPublica. Currently, she oversees the “Investigations Elsewhere” section.
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