Jim looks for some answers but simply can't find them in his head.
House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing, February 23, 2010:
Mr.
Dingell. Mr. Chairman, I thank you for your courtesy.
Mr.
Lentz, please tell me the date that Toyota first heard of
incidents
of sudden acceleration in its vehicles sold in the U.S.
Mr.
Lentz. I don't know the answer to that.
Mr. Dingell. Please
submit that to the record.
Mr.
Dingell. Now, Mr. Lentz, please tell me the date on
which
Toyota commenced the first recall to address this problem in
the
United States?
Mr.
Lentz. If I don't know the answer to the first one, I
don't
know the answer to the second one.
Mr. Dingell. Please
submit that for the record.
Mr.
Dingell. I just want an answer, not a speech.
Now,
since 2001, how many complaints of sudden unintended
acceleration
in vehicles sold in the United States has Toyota
Motor
Sales USA received?
Mr.
Lentz. I don't know that number.
Mr. Dingell. Please
submit that for the record.
Mr.
Dingell. How many of those complaints has Toyota Motor
Sales
USA forwarded to NHTSA?
Mr.
Lentz. I don't know that number.
Mr. Dingell. Please
submit that for the record.
Mr.
Dingell. Now, Mr. Lentz, yes or no, did NHTSA require
Toyota
in 2006 to conduct the tests on electronic throttle
components
for a 2006 Camry?
Mr.
Lentz. Could you repeat the question?
Mr.
Dingell. Did NHTSA require Toyota in 2006 to conduct a
test
on an electronic throttle component for a 2006 Camry?
Mr. Lentz. I don't know
the answer to that.
Mr. Dingell.
Please submit the answer for the record. Now
Mr.
Lentz, if so, did Toyota or a designated third party conduct
the
tests?
Mr. Lentz. I don't know
the answer to that.
Mr.
Lentz. I am not responsible for manufacturing. I am not
responsible
for defect or quality decisions. Defect decisions,
recalls specifically,
are, in fact, made in Japan.
Is it fair to say that Jim is not the best witness? At least for the people. For Toyota, he is the best.
Where are the "answers for the record?"