Toyota was set to address the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday in regards to the many pending recalls involving unintended acceleration. The House Oversight’s hearing, titled “Toyota Gas Pedals: Is the Public at Risk?” has been moved to February 24, due to an expected snow storm.
Following multiple national recalls involving millions of vehicles, and the flood of questions and concerns that seem to never end, Congress decided that it needed to question the automaker itself. The hearings were intended to address some very specific questions about Toyota ’s knowledge of problems, what it has done about them and whether or not it withheld any information that potentially put the public at risk.
With an impending massive snow storm set to hit the Capitol, the hearings have been moved to February 24 – the day before Toyota is set for its second hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
“There appears to be growing public concern regarding which Toyota vehicles may be problematic and how people should respond. Consumers want to know whether their cars are safe to drive and, if not, they need to know what to do about it,” said the committee’s chairman, Ed Towns, D-N.Y.
