As you can see from the timeline (click to enlarge, floor mat issues in green mechanical pedal issues in blue), the first mention of sudden acceleration problems goes back to March of 2007 in ...

DETROIT -- Federal investigators said of the 102 accidents caused by stuck gas pedals on Toyota vehicles, there are four possible causes involving the floor mats: The mats are too long or too thick, ...

As of November 2009, unintended accelerations in Toyota vehicles have accounted for 20 fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The acceleration concerns, explained ...

Note: This piece has been updated with a statement from Rivian. Electric cars often come with lethal amounts of horsepower. The combination of batteries and electric motors creates that ...

NEW YORK— Toyota says it's found a fix to its problem of sticky accelerator pedals. That problem has triggered one of the company's largest recalls, an unprecedented halt in sales and a public ...

During the past few days, Toyota Motor Corp., has taken the unprecedented step of halting sales in the U.S., Europe and China of some of its most popular car and truck models. The reason: potential ...

If you think that every little nut, bolt, switch, gear or widget in your new car wasn't scrutinized by a team of highly educated, overworked car geeks (read: engineers), think again. A couple of ...

What goes into making a good accelerator pedal? Some people call it a ‘throttle’, others a ‘gas pedal’, but regardless of what you call it, you often don’t even pay it any consideration. It’s just ...

TAMANA, Japan Two pedals, inches apart, one for gas and the other for brakes. For years, a Japanese inventor has argued that this most basic of car designs is dangerously flawed. The side-by-side ...