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LaHood Remains Unhappy With Toyota
CHICAGO (AP) -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says federal officials are poring over 70,000 documents related to Toyota safety problems and could find more lapses by the Japanese automaker.

LaHood said Tuesday that Toyota made a "huge mistake" by not disclosing safety problems with gas pedals on a number of models. He said the government wouldn't stand for that behavior for "one second."

Officials say documents obtained from the automaker show that Toyota knew of the problem with sticking gas pedals in late September but did not issue a recall until late January.

LaHood says he wouldn't be surprised if new information is uncovered in the documents.

Toyota hasn't said whether it will fight a record $16.4 million fine announced Monday.

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04 07 10 by Newsroom
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