Toyota Motor Corp said it is upgrading software that helps read information from devices used to record vehicle crash data, according to a statement on the auto maker's website.
Media reports have "mischaracterised how Toyota uses and discloses information" from recorders in its Toyota and Lexus vehicles, the company said in the statement. Toyota has always made all data recorded available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, law enforcement officials and courts "when requested or ordered to do so," the auto maker said.
The software for the data recorders will be upgraded to be compatible with all vehicles, Toyota said in the statement. The Toyota City, Japan-based company delivered a specialized computer used to read crash data to US regulators on March 3, and three more will be delivered in April, the company said. Toyota will also provide 150 computers to read the "event data recorders" throughout North America by the end of April, the statement said.
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