Report: Feds probing Prius’ unintended acceleration incident, no new recall issued

March 10th, 2010 admin

Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota The fall-out of yesterday’s Toyota Prius unintended acceleration incident in California – a car got up to speeds of over 90 miles per hour in a 20-minute event – now includes an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA has dispatched two investigators to look into what happened, while Toyota is sending three technicians. The car was towed to a Toyota dealership today after being held overnight by the California Highway Patrol. One new bit of information reported by the AP is that the car had “a little hiccup” with the accelerator a few weeks ago. The …


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