But a growing number of legal cases claim Toyota knew for a long time about the sudden acceleration issue with other vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

"Buildings in Jakarta are built to withstand horizontal acceleration of about and this earthquake which just happened yesterday maybe about five percent of gravity,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has linked more than 50 deaths to the unexpected acceleration problems -- a safety issue Toyota has blamed on floor mats and sticky gas pedals.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Gates' stressed that,in any case, he saw no cause for a slowdown in the pace of U.S.troop pullouts, but that any acceleration, would necessarily depend on an assessment of the situation by U.S.Commander Ray Odierno.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

I think there's at least and I'm not going into any specifics but I think there's at least some chance of a modest acceleration But,because of the way General Odierno sees things going, that remains to be seen,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.29