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Canadian Press - February 5, 2010

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Toyota's president addressed criticism that the automaker mishandled a crisis over sticking gas pedals, but stopped short of ordering a Prius recall. TUJ's Jeff Kingston said Toyota may be trying to avoid the costs of a recall. The automaker has already said repairs and lost sales will cost it $2 billion. "Toyota is saying ... there is no real problem yet also announced they fixed the problem as of January," he said.