According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Toyota Motor Corp. facing a multimillion-dollar fine for what the company has not withdrawn the defective cars in time.
Automakers, which are not announcing the withdrawal time, must pay a fine of up to 16,4 million dollars. Recall, for the last six months, Toyota withdrew cars twice (in October and January).
The representative of Toyota, Cindy Knight said that the company has not received any official communication from Highway Traffic Safety Administration, so can not give any comments. Ray LaHood, Minister of Transport Department, said that the investigation of the causes of jamming the gas pedal is in full swing.
Representatives of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in December, arrived in Japan in order to remind the leadership of Toyota about their legal obligations. In January, in Washington last meeting, and Lahoud said that the agency had to work very hard to get Toyota to take action.
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