Indiana Injury Law Blog

A few days after Toyota Motor Company announced an extended recall for unintended acceleration issues in some of its vehicles, the company said that it would stop manufacture and sales of several of its models that had been linked to the acceleration safety issues. Production of eight models, including the Corolla and the Camry will be stopped, while Toyota tries to understand the reason for the acceleration, and develops solutions for it.

There is more bad news for Toyota. Consumer Reports magazine has withdrawn its recommendations for 8 Toyota vehicles that have been linked to the jammed acceleration pedals. Consumer Reports says that the massive recalls of the vehicles are behind its decision to withdraw its recommendations. According to Consumer Reports, although the episodes of sudden acceleration are rare, it was withdrawing its recommendations because thus far, Toyota has not been able to find a solution to the problem.

The Consumer Reports decision is the latest drawback for the automaker in a series, which began with a devastating accident in California that was later found linked to a jammed accelerator. Other Toyota owners had reported earlier that their cars began to accelerate suddenly without any input from the driver. But, there had been no major injuries or accidents related to such acceleration, until August when the California crash made headlines internationally.

All this has caused great concern to Toyota owners in Indiana, many of who have no choice but to continue driving these cars, while the automaker grapples with this problem. It could be weeks or months before Toyota finds a solution to the acceleration problem, and until then, owners of the vehicles that have been included in the recall and Indiana product liability attorneys will have to wait patiently for answers.

The Indiana product liability lawyers at Theodoros and Rooth represent victims injured by the use of defective automobiles and other products.