"Shinichi Sasaki, told reporters in Japan that prompting from the DOT "greatly helped to push us to act swiftly on the problem." Mr. Sasaki said the company had been considering whether to take action for some time."
WTF
"Mr. Sasaki also said Toyota first identified problems with the accelerator in its Tundra pickup trucks in March 2007."
So some time means a good 3 years + they have known.
GULITY case closed