Posted on 02/24/2010 12:38:07 PM PST by Kieri
(WXYZ) - The FBI is confirming raids at the offices of three Michigan auto suppliers who do work for Toyota.
Search warrants were served Tuesday evening at Yazaki North America, DENSO International and Tokai Rika. Yazaki sells electronic components and DENSO makes accelerator pedals.
Denso has released the following statement about the situation "DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM), U.S. subsidiary of DENSO Corporation, was inspected on February 23, 2010 by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice in regard to U.S. antitrust laws. DIAM is cooperating with this investigation."
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You can imagine what the IRS will be doing to Americans soon enough.
Obama is playing "get the Japs." That will make our Pacific rim more secure!Righty-O then!
The damage Obama is doinng to our nationis incalculable.Everyone except the kool aid drinkers wants him gone. That includes the Japanese.There are better ways to handle the Toyota defect issue.
Alinski rules: no crisis will go unexploited.
Soon we be back to riding horses at this rate.
Obama's administration is full of hate.
You know, I wondered the same thing when I saw this story. I wonder if some official in Gov't decided to hurt Toyota's name and see if that would create a boost for GM...
Osama and his Commie and union minions are in for a huge comeuppance." <<<
I couldn't listen or watch any of it, I was so mortified that our country would treat anyone from Japan in this manner, I simply didn't believe it.
Doesn't anyone in our government have ANY clue how this kind of public thrashing is perceived in Toyoda's home town????????
Maybe the Japanese have BHO's birth certificate??? MAYBE something good will result from the reckless behavior of our Congress?
This is NO accident.
I hope the Governor herself is lurking here.
Obama is going to be left out in the wind with his ..... flapping on this one. What an idiot. He has no idea what he is tangling with. Chicago bumpkins. They'll be learned a lesson yet! Just watch.
Certainly the other shoe is yet to drop!
Here, original in Japanese. It is a late hour now. Somebody might want to Bablefish it for FR.
I smell this as well.
Is there anyone stupid enough to believe this crap?
Lots of the Toyotas allegedly having the problem have keyless ignition. Different manufacturer’s keyless ignition have different steps to be turned off. My first instinct would be to put the car in neutral, which is the correct action. Here are Toyota’s instructions.
What if you experience a sticking accelerator pedal while driving?
Each circumstance may vary, and drivers must use their best judgment, but Toyota recommends taking the following actions:
If you need to stop immediately, the vehicle can be controlled by stepping on the brake pedal with both feet using firm and steady pressure. Do not pump the brake pedal as it will deplete the vacuum utilized for the power brake assist.
Shift the transmission gear selector to the Neutral (N) position and use the brakes to make a controlled stop at the side of the road and turn off the engine.
If unable to put the vehicle in Neutral, turn the engine OFF. This will not cause loss of steering or braking control, but the power assist to these systems will be lost.
o If the vehicle is equipped with an Engine Start/Stop button, firmly and steadily push the button for at least three seconds to turn off the engine. Do NOT tap the Engine Start/Stop button.
o If the vehicle is equipped with a conventional key-ignition, turn the ignition key to the ACC position to turn off the engine. Do NOT remove the key from the ignition as this will lock the steering wheel.
If you think this is some part of a smear of Toyota, please explain how this is so. What's the FBI/DoJ's angle here?
This will smear Toyota because 10,000 local radio stations and 10,000 local newspapers and hundreds of local TV news stations will have lead paragraphs reading:
“FBI... raid... Toyota... automobile... Toyota... recall... dangerous...Congress... Toyota... hearings... Toyota... acceleration.... Toyota.... problem...”
“Hey Mr. Toyota, that’s a nice car company you got there. It would be a shame if anything happened to it.”
- B.H.O.
Wow! I was not taught that in Drivers Ed.
I have a Toyota Camry. It engine raced on me!
Yup. About six or so months ago. I came back home and told my hubby about it.
I was going up an incline and all of a sudden the car just was accelerating all by itself. I’m thinking, it’s the floor mat. Now, these floor mats have crept up before and tamped on the accelerator. But I had gotten new ones for that reason. No, the car was accelerating. I pulled the matt back, I stuck my foot underneath the accelerator thinking it might be stuck, I pumped my brakes (I now know this is a no no) and that did squat.
Then, and I only recall this in retrospect, I shifted into neutral. Yes, I have a standard shift car because I like a standard shift. Then the car revved down.
Maybe it’s a plot. Maybe Obama’s behind it. Maybe it’s GM, I don’t know. I just know what happened to me last summer: my car accelerated seemingly on its own. V’s wife.
But those same 10,000 local radio stations, newspapers, and TV stations would already have lead paragraphs reading “Toyota... automobile... Toyota... recall... dangerous...Congress... Toyota... hearings... Toyota... acceleration.... Toyota.... problem...”
If there is a legitimate antitrust inquiry into these suppliers, should the FBI/DoJ have held off on these raids because they might generate continued bad press against Toyota?
I guess I just don’t see this as fitting into some grand conspiracy against Toyota.
Could it be that you are naive, COC??
Obama declares ownership of GM. It’s now Government Motors. GM’s sales are plummeting.
Toyota is the number-one selling vehicle in this country, chief competition to Gubmint Motors.
Ray LaHood, Obama minion and transportation head, dredges up these old complaints about Toyota, media accomplices cooperating ad nauseum.
Now, with synchronized timing — coincidentally — Eric Holder, Chicago Crony, sends the FBI into primary Toyota suppliers.
You don’t even get a whiff of the stinking Chicago corruption?
Mr. CoC, you fail the primary Sherlock Holmes course! Try again next spring.
Did you have the cruise control turned on at the time your Camry started accelerating up the hill? If you have your cruise control running on a relatively flat road and then you start climbing up an incline, your car will slow down at first and then the cruise control will automatically accelerate the vehicle to maintain the speed you were driving at when you set the cruise control on. I don’t know about your case but I suspect that some of this “sudden acceleration” occurs when people have the cruise control turned on and don’t understand that after you slow down at first when you reach a hill, the cruise control takes over and accelerates your vehicle up a hill to maintain your set driving speed.
Some people who have been drinking may even forget that they have the cruise control turned on.
“Is there anyone stupid enough to believe this crap?”
Why yes, there is someone stupid enough to believe that crap. I won’t mention any names, but his initials are COC.
But I’m sure he’s a nice guy.
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