The Toyota Recall Mess — Another Bush Administration Disaster
February 19, 2010 at 5:14 PM Leave a comment
At least four U.S. investigations into unintended acceleration by Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles were ended with the help of former regulators hired by the automaker, warding off possible recalls, court and government records show.
Christopher Tinto vice president of regulatory affairs in Toyota’s Washington office, and Christopher Santucci, who works for Tinto, helped persuade the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to end probes including those of 2002-2003 Toyota Camrys and Solaras, court documents show. Both men joined Toyota directly from NHTSA, Tinto in 1994 and Santucci in 2003.
The article is long and detailed. Short version: the Bush administration looked the other way over a period of several years even though it faced complaints (and deaths) associated with Toyota’s defective acceleration and other problems.
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