More Evidence of Toyota's Culpability: Exec Memos Debated When to Disclose

 

In the continuing saga regarding Toyota's runaway acceleration recall, an executive email written in January, just before the first massive recall, was just disclosed, urging fellow decision makers to "not mention about the mechanical failures." At least one person objected to this suggestion, and pleaded with them to "come clean." The prevailing email declared that "The time to hide on this one is over." Thankfully the company did "come clean" five days later, and initiated the first recall.


For more, take a look at the L.A. Times article on the matter here.