Corolla's Power Steering Joins List of Toyota Woes -- Congress Gets Ready for Hearings On Recalls

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WASHINGTON - First it was gas pedals, then brakes. Now, Toyota and the government are looking into complaints that the popular Corolla is difficult to steer straight, raising a new safety concern ahead of next week's congressional hearing about the automaker's recalls.

Shinichi Sasaki, the executive in charge of quality control, said the company is reviewing fewer than 100 complaints about power steering in the Corolla. Toyota sold nearly 1.3 million Corollas worldwide last year, including nearly 300,000 in the United States, where it trailed only the Camry as Toyota's most popular model.

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Corolla's Power Steering Joins List of Toyota Woes -- Congress Gets Ready for Hearings On Recalls

In Japan, company president Akio Toyoda said he did not intend to appear at congressional hearings next week i...

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