Toyota Exec: 'Come Clean,' Stop Hiding Gas Pedal Problem

Five days before Toyota recalled more than 2 million vehicles to fix "sticky" gas pedals, one of the automaker's top U.S. executives sent an e-mail to another Toyota official saying the company should "come clean" about problems with its gas pedals. The Jan. 16 e-mail from VP Irv Miller was a response to an e-mail from another exec, Katsuhiko Koganei, in which Koganei urged a third Toyota official, public relations VP Mike Michels, not to "mention . . . mechanical failures of acc[elerator]...Full Story