The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just released its 2010 Top Safety picks and Toyota fails to make the grade. Not a single model from the world’s largest auto manufacturer,as determined by sales, or its subsidiaries, made the list. In 2009, Toyota, Lexus and Scion had 11 winners, but failed to come up with one in 2010.

The Volvo XC60 earned Top Safety Pick honors, but the IIHS identified a glitch with the vehicle, which Volvo has addressed and will be corrected in all models manufactured after November 2009. In the side crash test, the seat belt became unfastened when a piece of plastic trim on the driver’s seat pushed against the seat belt’s release button. The IIHS advises consumers who already own a Volvo XC60 to see their Volvo dealer for repairs. The Top Safety Pick only applies to modified XC60 models.

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