Toyota Motor Corporation
Approved Evidence
Toyota admitted misleading U.S. consumers about unintended-acceleration safety issues and paid $1.2 billion
On March 19, 2014, Toyota Motor Corporation entered a U.S. deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $1.2 billion penalty. Toyota admitted that in fall 2009 and early 2010 it misled consumers by concealing and making deceptive statements about two safety issues that could cause unintended acceleration. A DPA is a negotiated criminal resolution, not a conviction after trial; this summary relies on Toyota's admissions in the agreement. Primary source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-criminal-charge-against-toyota-motor-corporation-and-deferred
Toyota paid $180 million over decade-long Clean Air Act emissions-defect reporting violations
A federal consent decree required Toyota Motor Corporation to pay $180 million and accept injunctive relief for systemic failures to comply with Clean Air Act emissions-defect reporting requirements. The U.S. complaint stated that between 2005 and late 2015 Toyota filed approximately 78 materially late emissions-defect reports covering millions of vehicles; Toyota admitted the conduct and accepted responsibility in the consent decree. The court approved the decree on April 2, 2021. Primary government sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/acting-manhattan-us-attorney-announces-180-million-settlement-suit-against-toyota-motor and https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/toyota-clean-air-act-emissions-defect-reporting-settlement-information-sheet