通用汽车(General Motors)日前指责丰田(Toyota)部分拥有的一家供应商，称其生产的一种有缺陷的汽车部件，导致通用在北美召回130万辆雪佛兰 (Chevrolet)和庞蒂克(Pontiac)汽车。
General Motors has blamed a supplier partly owned by Toyota for a faulty car part that led to the recall of 1.3m Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in North America.
通用副董事长鲍勃•卢茨(Bob Lutz)昨日在日内瓦告诉英国广播公司(BBC)，捷太格特(JTEKT) 这家供应商“在可靠性和耐用性方面没有达到所有标准”。捷太格特是由丰田工机株式会社(Toyoda Machine Works)和光洋精工株式会社(Koyo Seiko)成立的合资企业。
Bob Lutz, GM's vice-chairman, yesterday told the BBC in Geneva that the supplier – JTEKT, a joint venture between Toyoda Machine Works and Koyo Seiko – had not met “all requirements for reliability and durability”.
卢茨提出指责之时，正值丰田在过去10天美国国会举行的第三次听证会上，试图说服美国立法者相信其车辆的安全性和可靠性。由于召回事件 共涉及800多万辆汽车和卡车，丰田的声誉受到了重创。
His criticism came as Toyota, its reputation battered after recalls affecting more than 8m cars and trucks, sought to reassure US lawmakers at the third congressional hearing in the past 10 days into the safety and reliability of its vehicles.
对于认为车辆无故加速与电子控制系统有关的说法，丰田全球总工程师内山田武(Takeshi Uchiyamada)予以否认。丰田认为，这种情况是机械缺陷所致。这家日本汽车制造商报告上月美国销量下降8.7%。
Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyota's chief global engineer, refuted allegations linking unintended acceleration to vehicles' electronic systems rather than the mechanical defects identified by Toyota. The Japanese carmaker reported an 8.7 per cent fall in its US sales last month.
通用昨日宣布，由于与14起汽车碰撞事故有关的动力转向问题，将在北美召回130万辆小型车。在接到1100多起动力转向失灵投诉报告 后，美国安全监管部门于1月份对美国约90.5万辆雪佛兰Cobalt车启动了调查。
GM announced yesterday it was recalling 1.3m small cars in North America due to a power steering problem linked to 14 crashes. US safety regulators opened an investigation in January into about 905,000 Cobalt models in the US after receiving more than 1,100 complaints of power steering failures.
通用表示，受波及车辆仍可“安全操控”，但在时速低于15英里（24公里）时，可能需要加大转向力。如果动力转向系统失灵，司机会看到 一个警示灯，并听到提示音。
GM said the affected vehicles could still be “safely controlled” but that greater steering effort might be needed under 15mph (24kph). Drivers would see a warning light and hear a chime if the power steering failed.
捷太格特总部位于日本，但在美国拥有5个制造厂。记者致电该公司位于密歇根州的美国总部，请其就此事置评，但未获答复。
JTEKT is based in Japan but has five manufacturing plants in the US. A call for comment to the company's US head office in Michigan was not returned.