21:49 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nToyota car owners in the US can pursue claims that the carmaker caused the value of their vehicle to fall, a federal judge has ruled.<\/p>\n
The owners argue they have suffered economic losses because Toyota didn’t disclose or fix defects that made their cars accelerate suddenly.<\/p>\n
Toyota had made a motion for the lawsuits to be dismissed but a US judge has allowed the claims to move ahead.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Toyota started recalling millions of US vehicles.<\/p>\n
“Taking these allegations as true, as the court must at the pleading stage, they establish an economic loss,” wrote US district Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, California.<\/p>\n
“A vehicle with a defect is worth less than one without a defect.”<\/p>\n
‘No proof’<\/span><\/p>\nToyota said there was no evidence of the defects.<\/p>\n
“Toyota is confident that no defect exists in its electronic throttle control system,” spokeswoman Celeste Migliore said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“The burden is now squarely on plaintiffs’ counsel to prove their allegations, and Toyota is confident that no such proof exists.”<\/p>\n
However, the representative for the car owners said there was a rationale for the claims.<\/p>\n
“Judge Selna agreed with our contention that Toyota owners who did not attempt to sell their vehicle could still bring a claim because they overpaid for their vehicles, buying cars that were not worth as much as a car free of these defects,” said Steve Berman, co-lead counsel for many of the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n
Recalls<\/span><\/p>\nToyota started recalling cars globally in September 2009, beginning with 3.8m vehicles that it said had a defect that might cause floor mats to press the accelerator pedal.<\/p>\n
Following that, in January 2010 another 2.3m cars were recalled due to sticking accelerator pedals.<\/p>\n
Finally, another 2.17m vehicles were recalled in the US, again for carpet and floor mat issues that could cause jams in the accelerator pedal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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