A federal grand jury investigating Toyota Motor Corp.
A federal grand jury investigating Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding
lingker its inquiry into the automaker's handling of safety issues, subpoenaing documents dealing with defects unrelated to sudden acceleration.
The Japanese automaker disclosed Tuesday that a federal grand jury in New York's Southern District had subpoenaed documents related to faulty steering components. That broadens the panel's inquiry beyond problems related to unintended-acceleration issues, which have led Toyota to issue more than 10 million recall notices worldwide since September.
The subpoena, issued June 29, requests documents related to "defective, broken
lingker and/or fractured steering relay rods of Toyota vehicles," Toyota said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
