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BREAKING: FBI Raids Toyota Suppliers
WXYZ ^ | 02/24/10 | Editors

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."

Stay with Action News and WXYZ.com for the latest on this breaking news.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: automakers; bho44; bhodoj; fbi; feds; japan; killingtoyota; lping; manufacturing; michigan; purpleshirts; raid; recall; suppliers; toyota; unionagenda; warrants
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To: Anti-Bubba182

not that Ralph Mouth Nader didn’t want them to...


41 posted on 02/24/2010 12:48:25 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: Kieri

Ummm, I hate to burst anyone’s bubble here, but (according to the FBI and one of the suppliers in question), this is part of an antitrust investigation, and is unrelated to the Toyota recall.

Is it really that hard to read the article before posting?


42 posted on 02/24/2010 12:49:06 PM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: nutmeg

HEY NUTmeg I post from Twitter on Canteen yeah I just hear


43 posted on 02/24/2010 12:49:13 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Kieri
First they came for Toyota and I said nothing because I did not drive a Toyota...
Then they came for Honda and I said nothing because I did not drive a Honda...
Then they came for Chrysler and I said nothing because I did not drive a Chrysler...
They came for Ford and I said nothing because I sold my Ford...

Then they came for KIA and I didn't really care because well, it's KIA...

They came for BMW and I yelled bloody murder...

44 posted on 02/24/2010 12:49:58 PM PST by ejonesie22 (Palin bashers on freerepublic, like a fart in Church...)
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To: iowamark

Yeah I thinking maybe Japanese could hack Kenya computers and find OBama birth cerificate LOL!


45 posted on 02/24/2010 12:50:19 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Kieri

Too bad Toyota isn’t affiliated with ACORN.


46 posted on 02/24/2010 12:50:28 PM PST by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: Obadiah
The jack-booted union thugs ordered this and the Obama administation eagerly complied.

Don't think so....read that one of the suppliers that manufactured the possible faulty circuits and/or accelerator pedals IS a union shop....and that there may be corporate hanky-panky here...as Toyota is a non-union company.

47 posted on 02/24/2010 12:50:37 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: mojitojoe

Check this out!


48 posted on 02/24/2010 12:50:43 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM where are you?)
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To: nutmeg

Geeeesh...is there ANY level they won’t stoop to to elevate and/or protect unions?


49 posted on 02/24/2010 12:51:08 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat veteran)
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To: nutmeg
Wow. This is getting interesting...

What's interesting is that nobody wants to acknowledge that this is likely a union shop producing parts for several automakers. After all, this shop was probably in operation long before they started making parts for Toyota.
50 posted on 02/24/2010 12:51:20 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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To: Kieri

The Lexus factories are north of the border in Ontario. This raid might convince Toyota to pack up for a more business-friendly environment in Canada.

Strange times we’re living in.


51 posted on 02/24/2010 12:51:24 PM PST by ksm1
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To: Kieri

I think the Japanese have only two choices.
Suicide or play the Birth Certificate game with the rest of us.


52 posted on 02/24/2010 12:51:25 PM PST by tractorman
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To: CrappieLuck

too bad that wall will be designed to keep us in...


53 posted on 02/24/2010 12:51:52 PM PST by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: nutmeg

IF I was Japan.....I would do the following

Launch a surprise attack on Hawaii and take the Birth Certificate of one Barack Hussein Barry Sotero/Obama.

Suspend the purchase of any new debt from the USA.

Boot the USA from its embassy in Japan.

Eliminate the USA from its base in Japan.

BONZAI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


54 posted on 02/24/2010 12:52:50 PM PST by Michigan Bowhunter (Democrat socialist liberal scumbags.....how did we let this happen!)
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To: Kieri

That would be the case of the Ford Pinto. The difference here is that there was no Government ownership of Automakers and NO police state raids.


55 posted on 02/24/2010 12:52:56 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: a fool in paradise

Denso actually makes a number of items for GM including spark plugs and other electronic parts.


56 posted on 02/24/2010 12:53:12 PM PST by redangus
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To: Kieri

What crime is Toyota or these vendors charged with???? This is jack-booted thugocracy at its scariest


57 posted on 02/24/2010 12:53:30 PM PST by the long march
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I expect there's more to this than we know at this point. Just the fact that the car's computer fails to record an error message would make me suspicious.

It would only take only a couple of lines of code to wreak havoc. Short of dumping the code and having someone who knows what they're looking for examine it, who knows what kind of mischief is embedded.

I would think they would have a valid hash code for each and every version of the software, but who knows. A hash code is a 16 digit, more or less, number that's unique to the contents of the file. Change one byte and the has is totally different. I still have an old copy of a hash code program from the computers I worked on in the mid-80’s. Very handy tool for seeing comparing files or knowing very quickly if a file has changed.

The average person is clueless as to how much a modern car depends on a computer to do.

I had a 1988 Honda Accord that suddenly sped up, full throttle, on me one day when I was on the Interstate. Talk about scary. I took it in and they assured me the floor mat had gotten tangled up with the accelerator and that the end of of that. I went for months waiting for it to happen again. Gosh, you would think by now they would have some means of assuring the floor mat and accelerator or brake or clutch pedals could not interfere with each other.

This could be a really tough one to figure out, but I would start by looking at the thousands of lines of code that control the computer.

58 posted on 02/24/2010 12:53:56 PM PST by jwparkerjr
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To: Anti-Bubba182
The FBI didn’t raid anyone when Corvairs were rolling over.

Thank you Mr. Nader. I didn't know you were a poster.

59 posted on 02/24/2010 12:54:26 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
The FBI didn’t raid anyone when Corvairs were rolling over.

They didn't need to, they had Ralph Nader :)

60 posted on 02/24/2010 12:54:36 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM where are you?)
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