Carmaker Toyota has received a subpoena ordering it to provide documents to a US federal grand jury investigating safety concerns that have led to the recall of more than eight million vehicles.
The world's largest vehicle manufacturer said on Monday that it would co-operate fully with the inquiry in New York.
"The US Federal Grand Jury of the southern district of New York issued a subpoena on February 8 to our company and affiliates for documents related to the braking system of the Prius and malfunctions of accelerators," Toyota said in a statement.
The subpoena comes just two days before Akio Toyoda, the president of the beleagured motor manufacturer, faces the first of three congressional hearings over the mass recall.
Al Jazeera's John Terrett, reporting from Washington, said that the grand jury's decsions could lead eventually to criminal charges against Toyota.
"This subpoena relates to three of the things that have dogged the company in the past couple of years; the driver's side mat that apparently rucked up and got stuck under the accelerator pedal, the sticking accelerator pedal itself, and the braking problem on the popular hybrid the Prius," he said.
"It will take a while for all this to play out, but if the grand jury decides there is enough evidence for criminal charges to be pressed then that is what will happen." HERE
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