On Monday the Toyota company received a subpoena related to the problems with the brakes and unintended acceleration of its newest model, the Toyota Prius. They also received one from the Los Angeles office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Toyota's Prius has had many problems with acceleration and braking since it came out in the beginning of 2010. More than 8 million vehicles were recalled for safety reasons. Toyota knows that they made a mistake and they plan to cooperate with the investigations. The Toyota president will testify in Washington on Wednesday about the subpoenas and the vehicle's problems. They will discuss federal auto safety regulators and how the company had let these problems slide.
I don't know how the Toyota company could have let these problems slide, or not notice this major problem. They should be devoting time to each and every vehicle to make sure it is safe and secure enough to be ready to be sold to the public. They seem to be getting careless with their products. They need to retain the image that people have of their company by making sure every vehicle that they make is top-quality. Wouldn't it have been easier to just make sure every car that went out their doors was in proper working condition than to recall all of them because of this problem? People could have gotten seriously hurt. Toyota is one of the biggest names in cars, and this could tarnish their reputation. I am not sure if they deserved a subpoena for it, but they definitely need to tell their story and come to their senses. They need to ensure that their customer's safety will never be in jeopardy from purchasing one of their products.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/22/autos/toyota_subpoena/index.htm?hpt=T2
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