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Toyota Admits Lexus Safety Problem
By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN
Updated 4:10 p.m.
Toyota says its engineers in Japan have duplicated the same errant slide that prompted Consumer Reports to issue a rare “don’t buy” warning on the 2010 Lexus GX 460, and Toyota agrees the vehicle has a safety problem.
“They duplicated Consumer Reports’ results on the GX 460 and they are currently evaluating potential remedies, but at this point there is no details of what the remedy is,” said Bill Kwong, a Lexus spokesman.
On Tuesday, Consumer Reports announced what it considered a serious safety problem.
“When pushed to its limits on our track’s handling course,” the magazine wrote on its Web site, “the rear of the GX we bought slid out until the vehicle was almost sideways before the electronic stability control system was able to regain control.”
On every other S.U.V. tested the same way –- including models from Lexus and Toyota –- the electronic stability control quickly caught the slide, the magazine said.
About 12 hours after the magazine publicized the problem, Lexus told its dealers to stop selling the GX 460 and opened an investigation. On Thursday, Toyota said it was conducting safety inspections of all its S.U.V. models.
Mr. Kwong said that the automaker “definitely” saw the tail sliding as a safety issue and that the automaker was “very concerned.” He said Toyota hoped to have the problem isolated in no more than a week.
Separately, Toyota has until Monday to tell the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration whether it will contest a proposed $16.4 million fine over allegedly failing to disclose information concerning a sticky pedal recall. If Toyota decides to fight the fine, the agency could take it to court.
Elsewhere, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Friday it would hold a second hearing on Toyota on May 6, to continue its investigation of whether electronic systems played a role in Toyota’s sticky-pedal recalls. The committee’s first hearing was held Feb. 23.
The committee has invited James E. Lentz, the president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., to testify, as he did at the original hearing. Lawmakers also asked Toyota to provide documents concerning tests by Exponent, an engineering consulting firm, into electronic systems. It is seeking the documents by April 26.
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Updated 4:10 p.m.
Toyota says its engineers in Japan have duplicated the same errant slide that prompted Consumer Reports to issue a rare “don’t buy” warning on the 2010 Lexus GX 460, and Toyota agrees the vehicle has a safety problem.
“They duplicated Consumer Reports’ results on the GX 460 and they are currently evaluating potential remedies, but at this point there is no details of what the remedy is,” said Bill Kwong, a Lexus spokesman.
On Tuesday, Consumer Reports announced what it considered a serious safety problem.
“When pushed to its limits on our track’s handling course,” the magazine wrote on its Web site, “the rear of the GX we bought slid out until the vehicle was almost sideways before the electronic stability control system was able to regain control.”
On every other S.U.V. tested the same way –- including models from Lexus and Toyota –- the electronic stability control quickly caught the slide, the magazine said.
About 12 hours after the magazine publicized the problem, Lexus told its dealers to stop selling the GX 460 and opened an investigation. On Thursday, Toyota said it was conducting safety inspections of all its S.U.V. models.
Mr. Kwong said that the automaker “definitely” saw the tail sliding as a safety issue and that the automaker was “very concerned.” He said Toyota hoped to have the problem isolated in no more than a week.
Separately, Toyota has until Monday to tell the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration whether it will contest a proposed $16.4 million fine over allegedly failing to disclose information concerning a sticky pedal recall. If Toyota decides to fight the fine, the agency could take it to court.
Elsewhere, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Friday it would hold a second hearing on Toyota on May 6, to continue its investigation of whether electronic systems played a role in Toyota’s sticky-pedal recalls. The committee’s first hearing was held Feb. 23.
The committee has invited James E. Lentz, the president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., to testify, as he did at the original hearing. Lawmakers also asked Toyota to provide documents concerning tests by Exponent, an engineering consulting firm, into electronic systems. It is seeking the documents by April 26.
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