NEWS - Toyota responds to CNN report on unintended accel

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NEWS - Toyota responds to CNN report on unintended accel

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Several stories in the news today focusing on Toyota's response to a CNN story on unintended acceleration. Three of these are:

Toyota Calls New CNN Unintended Acceleration Report 'Grossly inaccurate' -from Autoguide.com
In response to a new report on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 program accusing Toyota of a cover-up of unintended acceleration issues with its cars, the Japanese automaker is fighting back.

In a statement released today Toyota commented that, “In the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, CNN has irresponsibly aired a grossly inaccurate segment on Anderson Cooper 360 that attempts to resurrect the discredited, scientifically unproven allegation that there is a hidden defect in Toyota’s electronic throttle control system that can cause unintended acceleration....”
Toyota Disputes CNN Report on Sudden Unintended Acceleration - from Edmunds Inside Line
A CNN report on Thursday night that Toyota engineers found an electronic software problem that caused sudden unintended acceleration in a test vehicle during pre-production trials is "grossly inaccurate," says the automaker...
and from Paddocktalk.com
Exhaustive investigations undertaken by some of the most respected engineers and scientific institutions in America - including NASA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Academy of Sciences - have thoroughly debunked this worn-out fabrication. Yet a group of trial lawyers suing Toyota for money and their paid advocates are continuing their efforts to manufacture controversy where none exists and have used CNN to support their narrow, self-serving agenda....
- Rusty Haight
Collision Safety Institute

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