I lived in the corporate world for years, and as an executive there, had my share of situations with clients, their, and our own lawyers. There were times when I was effectively given strong recommendations on areas I should or should not discuss with clients or the press, because anything I did say could perhaps end up on a website, be further communicated and potentially taken out of context, or would commit the company to something we may not be prepared to do for every customer globally putting my very large, but very conservative company in a bad situation IF litigation were to ever occur.

While I have no insider information, I highly suspect Toyota/Lexus simply went into "silent" mode on this subject until a single set of directions and communication could be provided to the entire dealer network and the press -- that had all been scrubbed by Lexus lawyers in advance. You essentially were asking for something that your dealer could not provide.