Toyota paid $180 million over decade-long Clean Air Act emissions-defect reporting violations

Summary

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