Toyota Announces Steps to Restore Confidence on Safety

(From the N.Y. Times) Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, presented a slew of steps Wednesday aimed at restoring trust in the embattled Japanese automaker, including installing new brake-override systems in all future models and quicker disclosure of defects in its cars. He also said he would consider testifying before the U.S. Congress if a formal request were made.

But in a new setback for the company, Toyota said it was looking into reports of steering problems in its popular Corolla subcompact and would issue a recall if a defect was found. Toyota stressed, however, that it had received fewer than 100 such reports and had not determined a possible cause.

At a news conference, Mr. Toyoda said that his company had never misled or hidden information from the U.S. authorities. “I hope you understand that we have never tried to mislead or evade,” he said.

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