Soon after Toyota Motor Corp.’s Sudden Acceleration Recalls, Toyota has come under scrutiny for stopping concerns on the Prius, Toyotas popular hybrid car. According to Ray LaHood, Transportation Secretary, Transportation agents will begin an investigation after write ups were received that the Japanese regime has started an investigation concerning brake malfunction charges, reported by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

Reported by a complaint filed with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): My 2010 Toyota Prius has a serious braking problem, the car lunges forward after (I) apply my brakes over a bumpy surface. This is very unexpected and luckily no one was in front of me otherwise I would have hit them. This already happened several times, took my car to the dealer and no solution, I dont know what to do with a brand new (car) like this. There are many complaints with similar descriptions around problems when encountering even minor bumps and potholes with the 2010 Prius.

This current issue is on top of Toyotas recall of 3.8 million automobiles in Nov. ‘09 to restore throttle pedals plus computer software to treat what has been reported as abrupt acceleration problems, which was followed by the latest sudden acceleration recall on Jan. 21, ‘10 when Toyota Motor Sales declared a recall for 2.3 million automobiles. Contained in a USA piece titled “100 Toyota drivers filed complaints before recall”, there were over 100 charges filed before Toyota made the recall announcement.

Of Late, Ray LaHood made statements which call into question Toyotas process on the sudden acceleration topic. According to Mr. LaHood, “Today, Toyota is apparently taking the right steps to address these safety issues. Unfortunately it took much effort to get to this point.” In the midst of a Congressional hearing on February 3, 2010, the Transportation Secretary said that owners of recalled Toyotas should terminate driving them until the cars are remedied.

And now Toyota documents, which Toyota is attempting to hold from the populace may suggest a potential cover up. A past Toyota attorney, Dimitrios Biller, as a section of his legal complaint against Toyota has declared that Toyota has hidden safety evidence involving rollover hearings. In Dec., Biller sent word to Toyota that he intended to furnish a full copy of the documents he controlled to the Los Angeles Times. Toyota replied by calling for a CA arbitrator to prevent Biller from sending them to anyone. If Toyota has nil to cover up in the rollover lawsuits and has presented another lawyer the exact written documents that Biller holds, as Toyota has proposed, what does Toyota have to obscure?

These most recent series of events, the Prius braking issue the former attorney insinuating that the car maker concealed written documents, in addition to the Transportation Secretarys comments concerning the auto makers handling of the sudden acceleration recall are fetching a lot of oversight on Toyota, questioning the auto makers believability. Can Toyota be able to regenerate its credibility?