Toyota Motor on Wednesday sought to put more than three years of embarrassing safety issues in the US behind it when it agreed a settlement for more than $1bn for consumers who lost money through the problems.

丰田汽车(Toyota Motor)周三同意向因其汽车安全问题而遭受损失的美国消费者支付逾10亿美元，以告别困扰它三年多的一场令人尴尬的安全官司。

The company, which is close to regaining the title of the world’s biggest carmaker by volumes from General Motors, said it would take a $1.1bn pre-tax charge to cover the costs of settling claims related to reports that its cars were prone to sudden, unintended acceleration.

即将从通用汽车(General Motors)手里重新夺回全球产量第一桂冠的丰田表示，将在税前项目中拨出11亿美元作为和解费用，以了结一项来自消费者的指控：即丰田汽车容易突然无故加速。

The charge would cover payments to owners whose cars fell in value as well as covering the estimated costs of fitting new safety equipment to many affected vehicles, extending warranty periods and reaching a settlement that the district attorney of Orange County, California brought over safety issues and an action brought by a series of states’ attorneys-general.

这些费用将包括：补偿丰田车主汽车价值下降的损失，更换受影响车型的安全设备，以及延长车辆保质期。这笔费用还将用于就加州奥兰治郡检察长提出的安全问题和多州检察长提起的诉讼达成和解。

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