Major lawsuit filed vs. GM...Don't forget TOYOTA!

Let's not forget TOYOTA!

There is enough blame to be shared -- the Corporate Media Censorship, NHTSA's Failures and Corporate Cover Ups!

These defective vehicles are still on our roads!

Car Washes KNOW which vehicles are prone to ACCELERATION - YOU don't!

Bob Schrum, the owner of Flagstop Car Wash, said his employees are provided a list of cars, trucks and SUVs that have been proven prone to unintentional acceleration. In fact, he said the instances have been well documented by the National Car Wash Association.

Car Washes KNOW, but Consumers Don't?

Major lawsuit filed vs. GM

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

July 31, 2014

 

 

NEW YORK — A Texas lawyer has filed a lawsuit against General Motors on behalf of 658 people who were injured or killed in crashes allegedly caused by faulty ignition switches.

 

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan names 29 people who were killed in crashes and 629 who were hurt. All the crashes occurred after GM emerged from bankruptcy protection in July 2009. That makes them exempt from GM's efforts to shield itself from claims due to crashes that occurred before the bankruptcy, attorney Robert Hilliard said in a statement.

 

Hilliard also said he will ask judges for permission to file another 248 cases from before the bankruptcy, including 21 deaths.

 

"It's certainly not a legal given that GM will be successful in its attempts to use this 'get-out-of-jail-free' bankruptcy card," said Hilliard, of Corpus Christi, Texas.

 

The lawsuit alleges that GM knew about the defective switches that can cause engines to stall since as early as 2001, yet it didn't recall any cars until this year. The switches can cut off the engine, knocking out power steering and brakes and disabling the air bags, which wouldn't protect people in a crash. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $75,000 in damages for each plaintiff.

 

The filing comes just days before compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg is to start taking injury and death claims on behalf of GM. Feinberg, who handled claims for the BP Gulf Oil Spill and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has said GM has placed no limit on the total amount of money he can spend to compensate victims.

 

Feinberg is to start taking claims on Friday and will accept applications through the end of the year.

 

Those who settle with Feinberg must give up their right to sue.

 

GM recalled 2.6 million small cars such as the Chevrolet Cobalt for defective switches starting in February, touching off a recall crisis at the company that has ballooned to 29 million recalled vehicles.

 

Of those, 17.3 million are to fix defective ignition switches. But only owners of the original 2.6 million small cars are eligible for compensation through Feinberg.

 

GM says the small-car switches have caused at least 54 crashes and 13 deaths.

 

Hilliard's lawsuit includes crashes involving the original 2.6 million cars as well as other cars with faulty switches. He called the exclusion of some ignition switches from the compensation fund "GM madness at its best."

 

GM spokesman Jim Cain wouldn't comment on Hilliard's lawsuit, but said the company wants to do the right thing for people harmed by ignition switch issues with the Cobalt and other recalled small cars. "That's why we engaged Kenneth Feinberg to independently design and administer a compensation program," Cain's statement said.

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140731/BIZ/407310317/-1/NEWSLETTER100

TOYOTA protecting its SECRETS!

What Americans would like to believe is a Government that acts in their best interests is no longer to be true!


The article below is a MUST READ! :

Barr and the DOJ- what we know and what we know that we don't know


PLEASE make a contribution in whatever amount you can afford to support the TRUTH BEING HEARD:

Legal Defense Fund Launches

 

 

 

Can we allow TOYOTA to SILENCE THE TRUTH and jeopardize lives?

 

 

 

Doesn't that beat all?

Ahhhh..... A LIGHT BULB goes off!......

MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA sends another flawed court thingey.....OVERNIGHT!.....

...which of course, is NOT available for the JUDGE....

....certainly the law firm no longer involved in the case appreciates the OVERNIGHT DELIVERY!


THE LEMON LADY arrived an hour before the appointed time.....

This colossal image has little to do with TOYOTA'S NONSENSE! It's striking nonetheless! LINK


MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA was already present in the Court House....did he arise before the ROOSTER? ......

...did MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA drive in the dark to arrive ON TIME? .....

....might that explain his sour demeanor?.....

....Thank you once again TOYOTA for confirming what we already knew......

Court Clerk, nice lady! Didn't look pleased carrying MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA's deforestation project into court.....

....so MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA generates more papers, toodles to PLYMOUTH......

.....only to have a very nice JUDGE RECUSE herself because her son had worked for ROUTE 44 TOYOTA! ......

...MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA asks for HIS FRIEND THE JUDGE.....


....who won't return from VACATION until the date THE LEMON LADY'S Attorney offered in the Motion for Continuance.....did MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA look kinda angry to you?......

.....MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA toodles on back to ALBANY......

Doesn't that beat all?

JUST MY OPINION....AT THE MOMENT!

Curious!

Notice that the driver's age is included in the article below, not the make and model of the vehicle!

Woman loses control of car, slams into dentist’s office

Record staff

Waterloo Region Record 9 hours ago

WATERLOO Patients and staff at a Waterloo dentist's office were given quite the scare after a car drove through the building's front door Tuesday evening.

Police said a 61-year-old woman was driving through a parking lot at 235 Ira Needles Blvd. when she lost control of her car as she attempted to turn into a parking space at about 5:15 p.m.

The car slammed through the front doors of the Dawson Dental Centre.

The crash caused about $10,000 in damage to the vehicle and the entryway. No charges will be laid.


http://m.therecord.com/news-story/4726052-woman-loses-control-of-car-slams-into-dentist-s-office/

...the Lees don't trust Toyota to tell the truth.....Toyota is ignoring the real issues....

Toyota technicians investigate car in restaurant crash

VIDEO ON LINK

By Tracy Vedder
Published: Jul 12, 2012 at 5:53 PM PDTLast Updated: Jul 12, 2012 at 6:32 PM PDT

SEATTLE -- Technicians are investigating a runaway Lexus that rammed into a restaurant last week.

Both the runaway car and the damaged restaurant belong to the Lee family, who are angry at Toyota. They are convinced the car maker is hiding critical information about the crash.

Hyekyong Lee was pulling into the parking lot of the Kalbi Grill Express last week when her Lexus RX 350 reportedly accelerated out of control and crashed into the building.

"My daughter said, 'Mom, what are you doing?' So I said, 'Oh, brake doesn't work,'" she said, adding she was certain she hit the brakes. "Yes, so many times."

On Thursday Toyota technicians allowed KOMO News to watch their initial physical inspection.

But when they started downloading crash information from the vehicle's event data recorder, Toyota officials didn't let anyone - not even the Lees - take photos or video.

And the Lees don't trust Toyota to tell the truth.

"Could be your family," said Tony Lee. "Could be you."

Two years ago, a Problem Solvers investigation into the death of Chris Eves prompted Toyota to relax its rules on downloading crash data. KOMO News even obtained exclusive video of technicians downloading Eves' data recorder.

But on Thursday Toyota refused to relax anything, preventing even the Lees from recording the data from their own car.

"It's my car, my building," Tony Lee said. "It happened here, so I'm going to find out. I'm going to stop them."

The technicians did give the Lees a copy of the downloaded crash data, but would not explain what the information means.

According to the data, there were three crashes recorded. For the last two crashes, which occurred when the car ultimately stopped, the report said the brakes were never used.

But for the first crash, presumably when Hyekyong Lee hit the building, no brake information was provided.

"I'm going to find out what's the truth," said Tony Lee.

Toyota did issue a recall on the Lees' Lexus last month for unintended accelerations, blaming the problem on trapped floor mats. But Tony Lee said his floor mats are locked in place. He added Toyota is ignoring the real issues.

 

 

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Toyota-technicians-investigate-car-in-restaurant-crash-162297236.html?mobile=y

Don't be so sure! Get the FACTS!

For some reason, THE LEMON LADY had difficulty posting her comments after the HACK JOB below.

Here goes:

Rte44ToyotaSoldMeALemon

This unpredictable behavior occurred when the SUBJECT OF THIS COMPLAINT was less than ONE MONTH OLD!

The vehicle had LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON IT!
The problems happened in ~ May 2012.

I KNOW! I filed the PETITION FOR DEFECT INVESTIGATION!

[At the time the PETITION was filed, NHTSA had merged ALL models of Prius, so separation was impossible.]Let's not cause hysteria or reassurance and fill in blanks where they don't exist.
That PETITION was not submitted to NHTSA until ~ December 2012/January 2013 because THE LEMON LADY was unaware of the process.
At the time the Petition was filed, THE LEMON LADY felt an obligation to raise the issue to protect the safety of others.

NHTSA did not appear to retrieve the 'computer codes' until....was it April 2013?

The vehicle had SAT for ~ ONE YEAR, although it can't be certain because there seems to be a discrepancy in the mileage based solely on the paperwork produced by ROUTE 44 TOYOTA.

MR. ALBANY TOYOTA suggested tampering with the vehicle prior to the arrival of the NHTSA inspectors.....curious!   

During the inspection process, the NHTSA inspectors were forced to REPLACE THE BATTERY.

Experts and owners of FERSCHNUCKEN VEHICLES have shared that to quell computer quirks of misbehaving vehicles, it is sometimes necessary to turn the ignition off, sometimes to disconnect the battery.

There is no experts who indicated that TOYOTA'S FAULTY ERROR MESSAGES would be retained after the ignition was turned off or the battery was disconnected. Is there?  

TOYOTA'S SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION issues seem to confirm that the messages are not always what they seem.


It might seem that if a TOYOTA DRIVER depresses the brakes, pulls the emergency brakes and leaves skid marks.....shouldn't the 'black box' record that?

While the efforts of NHTSA's inspectors was appreciated [it was kinda nippy!] it does seem to have been an Exercise in Futility!

THE LEMON LADY depressed the BRAKE PEDAL at a PUBLIC SCHOOL CROSSING, the BRAKE PEDAL went to the floor, a dash light flashed on and the TOYOTA continued through the intersection.....



THE LEMON LADY has to view her reflection ..... 

...if she had injured a child in the CROSS WALK.....?

While this incident was CHILLING, far more disturbing was a conversation with the SERVICE MANAGER at ROUTE 44 TOYOTA when THE LEMON LADY, in total distress, said.....

IF I KILL A CHILD, IT'S YOUR FAULT!


His knee jerk reaction was ....

NO! IT'S TOYOTA'S FAULT!

 

How can a reasonable person drive a car that had NO BRAKES?



If THE LEMON LADY had injured or killed a child, it would be someone who was her neighbor, maybe someone she knew.

Have we become so uncaring of others, so arrogant and so isolated, that the potential for injuring others is meaningless?

THE LEMON LADY chose not to drive the LEMON TOYOTA!

There is no indication in the PROPAGANDA below that NHTSA did any testing, nor that they are capable of doing so. Rather, it seems, NHTSA is waiting for the BODY COUNT!

This is Noriko Uno....

...she spent the last minutes of her life, in TERROR,  trying to STOP her RUNAWAY TOYOTA.....

Why would anyone risk being terrorized by a TOYOTA?




Charlene McCarthy Blake

Whoops! That last statement sounds just like the declaration made by LaHood about Toyota's sudden unintended acceleration!
Tell me, does the NHTSA have EXPERTS in computer-driven, totally electronically-controlled vehicles? Is it CURRENTLY testing ANY vehicles for embedded software defects or other ELECTRONIC glitches, particularly in the throttle control system?
IF NOT, then the last statement in the above article is totally FALSE. Absence of proof is NOT proof of absence. Do not mislead the public as LaHood did during the criminal investigation of Toyota!
Based on consumer complaints I've read, there are plenty of brake failures and episodes of terrifying electronic sudden unintended acceleration in these Prius vehicles. Why is it that this model rarely gets appropriately tested by NHTSA? Expert engineers trained in complex vehicle electronics are needed to rule out these causes in cases of complete or partial brake failure or unintended acceleration. Cite the experts on board at NHTSA so we will all feel a bit safer, especially since the advent of the all electronically-controlled engines.

Parris Boyd

In short, ya gotta be incredibly foolish to trust anything NHTSA says. The corporate-controlled stooge got caught red-handed in GM's ignition switch scandal, and broadcasted the big lie that NASA had ruled out any electronics issues associated with Toyota's sudden unintended acceleratin scandal. Underscoring NHTSA's determination to protect crooked automakers, NASA physicist Henning Leidecker is now warning of increased risk of unintended acceleration in '02-'06 Camrys due to "tin whiskers" growing in the pedal sensors. I've been blogging about the Washington gang's efforts to help the auto industry conceal defects - search "Beware of Toyota. Their next victim may be YOU..."

NHTSA Rejects Petition Demanding Recall of 2012 Toyota Prius C

Jul 28, 2014 01:30 PM EDT | Matt Mercuro

 

 

The 2012 Toyota Prius C won't be recalled after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rejected a petition demanding the vehicle be called back over a braking issue.
The NHTSA first opened a review into the 2012 Prius C after an owner complained of a harsh transition from electric to IC (internal combustion) power and excessive brake pedal travel during normal brake application back in January 2013.


"Broader review of the consumer complaints reported for all variants of the subject vehicle showed no indication that either the reported jolting sensation or the brake performance concerns reported are occurring in this vehicle population at a level that would require investigative action by NHTSA," the agency said in a statement posted on its website.
Approximately 23,920 vehicles would have been recalled if the petition was accepted.
Federal safety regulators said in a statement that after a test drive and vehicle inspection, no "actionable" problem was found within the vehicle.
"In the agency's view, additional investigation is unlikely to result in a finding that a defect related to motor vehicle safety exists in the subject vehicles," the NHTSA said. "Therefore, given the need to allocate and prioritize NHTSA limited resources to best accomplish the agency's safety mission, the petition is denied."
In short, if you own a 2012 Toyota Prius C, you have nothing to worry about.


http://www.autoworldnews.com/articles/8389/20140728/nhtsa-rejects-petition-demanding-recall-of-2012-toyota-prius-c.htm



JUST MY OPINION...AT THE MOMENT!

 

 

Clowns caught up in Westwood auto accident...NO! Really!

See! See! I told you they were CLOWNS!

TOYOTA CLOWNS!

Clowns caught up in Westwood auto accident

July 28, 2014, 1:58 PM Last updated: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 12:30 AM

By TARIQ ZEHAWI and STEFANIE DAZIO

staff writers

The Record

 

tariq zehawi/staff photographer

Westwood Police Officer Niko Pieratos talks with Jack "Poppi T Clown" Erbstein at the site of a one-car accident on Berkeley Avenue on Monday. Erbstein, of Mahwah, told police he witnessed the crash, which involved another clown.

 

 

WESTWOOD — A woman who had just performed a clown show at an elementary school crashed a Toyota sedan into a utility pole on Berkeley Avenue just before noon Monday, police and a witness said.

 

Authorities do not know what caused the crash, Westwood police Sgt. Matthew McClutchy said. But Jack "Poppi T Clown" Erbstein of Mahwah, who witnessed the accident, said the driver was reaching for a GPS unit that fell off the windshield when she veered off the road and hit the pole.

The witness and the driver are part of Call Us Clowns, a not-for-profit organization that puts on clown shows at schools and hospitals, he said.

Erbstein said that there were about 10 clowns at the day camp at Berkeley Avenue Elementary School. The crash occurred after the show, as the clowns drove away in their respective cars.

The incident is under investigation, McClutchy said.

The driver, whose name police declined to release, is a 68-year-old woman from Fair Lawn, according to Westwood police Chief Frank Regino.

It appears she was distracted as she was reaching for something and veered off the road, he said.

Some of her clown colleagues at the scene said they had persuaded her to go to the hospital as a precaution after she initially refused.

 

She was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley with minor injuries, Regino said. The car suffered substantial damage.

 

 

http://www.northjersey.com/news/clowns-caught-up-in-westwood-auto-accident-1.1058552

 

 

TOYOTA: Character Assassination! At All Costs!

Instead of FIXING TOYOTA VEHICLES, TOYOTA'S Specialty is Character Assassination!.......[Stayed tuned! There's more to say!]

THE LEMON LADY arrived at this issue.....sadly AFTER BUYING A LEMON TOYOTA!

TOYOTA has continued its attempt to SILENCE THE TRUTH.....

....yet some...with a great moral foundation.....courage....a respect for others...personal integrity..... have spoken the TRUTH......

Those with the courage to speak the TRUTH are among the few and the rare....today, we considered them WHISTLEBLOWERS.....

More concerned with .....

...TOYOTA has bullied and intimidated....silenced the media....

...these folks are Super Heroes....standing up to TOYOTA AND TOYOTA'S TACTICS....

...one of those SUPER HEROES is Betsy Benjaminson.....please read her blog and contribute to her defense fund.....

Here's another Hero:


David Hechler wins the Stephen Barr award for his story, "Lost in Translation," that raised important questions about Toyota SUA




JUST MY OPINION....AT THE MOMENT!

Dear Mr. Toyoda: Ignoring the OBVIOUS!

Dear Mr. Toyoda:

The LEMON LADY'S coming into this kinda late.....

 

 

THE LEMON LADY thought you really meant it.....

 

 

 

 

It was an effective performance! 

 

 

 

Were you sad because a RUN-AWAY LEXUS KILLED this family or because it cost you $10 MILLION to make it go away?

 

 

 

This was Noriko Uno.....

 

 

 

...she spent her last minutes on this earth, in terror, trying to stop this RUNAWAY TOYOTA....

 

 

...this little cherub is 4 Year Old Lily Quintas....

 

 

 

...she was killed when an OUT OF CONTROL TOYOTA SOLARA plowed into her day care center....

 

 

 

...Koua Fong Lee was sent to prison because he couldn't stop his RUNAWAY TOYOTA and killed 3 people....

 

 

 

...this OUT OF CONTROL TOYOTA PRIUS ran over teenagers in a cross walk.....

 

 

 

 

...this OUT OF CONTROL TOYOTA CAMRY killed Paul Van Alfen, 66, and his son's fiancee Charlene Lloyd, 38; Van Alfen's wife and son were also injured in the wreck.... SKID MARKS WERE LEFT!....

 

This OUT OF CONTROL TOYOTA plowed into a library.....

 

They were real people who were injured or killed by RUNAWAY TOYOTAS!

 

 

 

 

You sure had everyone fooled! 

  

 

 

 

Instead of correcting TOYOTA'S SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM, the TOYOTA CORPORATE HANDBOOK kicked into high gear!

 

 

 

DISCREDIT! DISCREDIT! DISCREDIT!

 

 

 

 

Toyota public relations staffer named Masami Doi wrote this email:

There are at most around 10 people who are the sources of negative tone communications. If they can be suppressed, I think we will be able to manage it somehow. Like you said, let's go with an intention of destroying each individual person's ability to oppose us, one by one. (To do or not to do is a separate question.)

 

 

FROM: "Fisherman" Morikazu Tsuji is the Toyota PR guy who suggested "destroy each individual"

 

 

Instead of spending so much money defending the indefensible.....

 

 

 

 

....since it seems Japanese Engineers have failed you.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why aren't you hiring these 'EXPERTS' to correct the problems TOYOTA seems unable to?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much like other high profile cases....like the Mark Saylor Family, it's only a matter of time before a RUNAWAY TOYOTA does something.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

.....you simply can't sweep under the rug.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUST MY OPINION...AT THE MOMENT....