NEW YORK — A federal grand jury in New York has subpoenaed Toyota’s U.S. subsidiaries for documents related to problems with rods that connect a vehicle’s steering to its front wheels, the automaker said Tuesday.
The subpoena is the latest legal problem to confront Toyota. It also faces hundreds of lawsuits from consumers over the company’s unintended-acceleration recalls, its drop in stock price and lower resale value of its cars and trucks.
Steve Curtis, a spokesman for Toyota’s U.S. subsidiary in Torrance, Calif., declined to offer more details on the subpoena, referring to a statement saying the company intends to cooperate with the investigation. The company continues to cooperate with previous requests for documents, he said.
It remains unclear whether the most recent subpoena is tied to a specific recall and what vehicles are affected.
