Toyota Conspiracy??? Yes

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400 New Reports of Toyota Tacoma Sudden Acceleration Since February
Posted: Jun. 11, 2008 10:06 a.m.

The Detroit Free Press reports, "Some 431 customers from around the country have reported unintended or sudden acceleration in their Toyota Tacoma pickups, resulting in 51 crashes and 12 injuries, but the automaker said there are no flaws in the trucks and that many reports were 'inspired by publicity.'"
When we last reported on this issue in February, government investigators had received only about 30 complaints.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been investigating claims of sudden accelerating in 2004 - 2008 model year Tacomas since February, and is "still weighing whether to upgrade the investigation" to a more formal status. The Free Press notes that "no pickup model other than the Tacoma has garnered more than a few complaints of unexpected acceleration to the NHTSA during the same period."
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For more than 10 years, owners of certain Toyota models have complained that their vehicles have accelerated suddenly and unintentionally. 2,262 incidents involving unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles have been recorded since 1999. These incidents led to 815 separate crashes resulting in 19 deaths and 341 injuries.
In addressing the issue, Toyota has always maintained that improperly installed floor mats or poor floor mat design were to blame. In September 2007, Toyota recalled 55,000 2007 and 2008 Camry and Lexus ES models for floor mat interference. That small recall represented the extent of their efforts to correct the acceleration problems.
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Conservative media, USA Today promote idea of Obama administration conspiracy against Toyota
February 04, 2010 2:59 pm ET — 36 Comments
Conservative media outlets, as well as a USA Today blogger, have suggested or asserted that the Obama administration is forcing the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles for safety issues regarding reports of sudden unintended acceleration in order to denigrate the company, benefit unions, and boost sales of vehicles manufactured by General Motors and Chrysler, which the federal government bailed out last year. In fact, sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles has reportedly been an issue as early as 1999, and Toyota has stated that its recall was voluntary.
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Who benefits the most from Toyota being drug through the mud? General Motors, United Auto Workers Union, or the Obama administration? They are all partners now in the multi-billion dollar auto industry. The US Government and United Auto Workers Union owns 89% of General Motors. Aside from that the UAW has stake in Ford and in Dodge, who does the UAW not represent? If you guessed Toyota you are exactly right.
I bet right now conspiracy theory is not sounding so crazy. Most of us could not even dream up such a thing, if our neighbor has a great job and makes lots of money, we on the most part are happy they are comfortable, and hope to get to swim in their really nice pool from time to time. So why does the Obama administration wish so badly to pee in Toyota's pool? Toyota has surpassed Ford and General Motors in world wide sales. This had to steam the big three in Detroit, not to mention the UAW who have been locked out of the Toyota facility.
So.....if you wanted to knock the big kid on the block down, but he was bigger that you (Ford, Dodge, GM) what would you do? You would call the bigger kid on the block to do it for you. I am not implying that Ford is involved directly, but they will benefit from it as will their UAW employees.
You have seen in the articles above that I cut and pasted to start off this blog that these problems with Toyota vehicles had surfaced first in 1999, they have been trying to address the problem and it is documented in service reports and customer complaints. Toyota has not been hiding this problem from the public, nor have they been screaming it from the top of the corporate building, what company would. Toyota has never come under fire for these defects in the past because they were attempting to find the reason as well as a fix, their reputation as having an outstanding product is evidence of the fact. The Obama administration has everything to gain from pressing this issue, as well as their partners in the auto industry. The thing that bugs me the most is the Obama administration is trying to make this seem like they discovered this new problem and now that they have they are gonna hold Toyota......their competition.......feet to the fire.
Where does this stop, when the government gets into the private sector and is competing among other business, this is not a level playing field for the private sector. Why you ask? If you own a lemon aid stand, and the government has one on the other side of the street what is to keep them from taxing your side of the street more steeply than their side. Or impose a high fee for picking or importing your lemons. How could this ever come to pass? What is going on right now with health care? If the government gets into health care how can the private insurance companies compete with their own tax dollars they pay from your insurance premiums.
I guess what I am trying to say, is over the years we have seen several defects in auto manufactures, GM with the exploding saddle tanks on 81-87 Chevy trucks, Ford with the exploding rear fuel tank in the Crown Victoria's (who can forget all the police officers that were burnt from rear impacts) I do not remember the same firestorm (forgive the pun) with those manufactures in a situation that was just as serious. Whats different from then and now? think about it.