General Motors has blamed a supplier partly owned by Toyota for a faulty car part that led to the recall of 1.3m Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in North America.
Bob Lutz, GM's vice-chairman, yesterday told the BBC in Geneva that the supplier – JTEKT, a joint venture between Toyoda Machine Works and Koyo Seiko – had not met “all requirements for reliability and durability”.
His criticism came as Toyota, its reputation battered after recalls affecting more than 8m cars and trucks, sought to reassure US lawmakers at the third congressional hearing in the past 10 days into the safety and reliability of its vehicles.
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