1.   Some homeowners try to hide wall defects by placing a bookcase or sofa in front of them.

2.   Venezuelan officials on Thursday accused both Ford and Bridgestone of conspiring to hide tire defects that caused dozens of deaths.

3.   A law passed in response to the accidents allows criminal prosecution and stiffer penalties for executives who hide automotive defects.

4.   At that time, the company acknowledged it had been hiding auto defects for decades.

5.   Shingu said Daihatsu had no intention of hiding the defect, and he regretted that the company had been lax in reacting to the problem.

6.   The automaker has acknowledged it had been systematically hiding auto defects targeted in customer complaints for more than two decades in an effort to avoid costly recalls.