Believe it or not, yet another Toyota recall!
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Believe it or not, yet another Toyota recall!
It looks like they're trying to set a world record of some sort.
oyota recalls 206,388 Corolla Versos in Europe, other regions
Last Update: 6:49 AM ET Jul 25, 2006
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO) said Tuesday that it's recalling 206,388 units of its Corolla Verso model that it produced at a plant in Turkey due to a faulty switch that can manually control the operation of the front seat airbag.
The vehicles being recalled were produced between January 2004 and May 2006 and sold in Europe, Africa and other regions. No accidents were reported due to the faulty switch, a Toyota spokeswoman said.
With the faulty switch, the front seat airbag may open even as if the airbag switch is turned off.
full article....
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Stor...41C81CAAFC7%7D
Last Update: 6:49 AM ET Jul 25, 2006
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO) said Tuesday that it's recalling 206,388 units of its Corolla Verso model that it produced at a plant in Turkey due to a faulty switch that can manually control the operation of the front seat airbag.
The vehicles being recalled were produced between January 2004 and May 2006 and sold in Europe, Africa and other regions. No accidents were reported due to the faulty switch, a Toyota spokeswoman said.
With the faulty switch, the front seat airbag may open even as if the airbag switch is turned off.
full article....
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Stor...41C81CAAFC7%7D
Last edited by rosskoss; 07-25-06 at 11:22 AM.
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I don't know which is worse. Having all these pro-active recalls or keeping them quiet and letting accidents occur before doing something about it. I choose the former. (although the best option would be to have less defective parts in the first place but what can you do)
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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
or you can buy a GM, Ford, Benz product and wait for several million and some injuries/deaths to be affected before a recall
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Originally Posted by Trexus
Exactly. Toyota has been very proactive in recalling their cars and for the most part there hasn't been any major injuries, accidents or many deaths unlike the American counterparts. All in all I still stand behind Toyota. They aren't a perfect car but at least there closer to perfect than American cars or just better built...
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I appreciate Toyota's proactive action for the voluntary recalls, just to make sure the potential problems are corrected before it gets worse.
But it's also a sign showing that Toyota's initial quality is getting worse than before. Just hope that they can keep it up and make sure the cars they design and produced will have the least problems possible.
But it's also a sign showing that Toyota's initial quality is getting worse than before. Just hope that they can keep it up and make sure the cars they design and produced will have the least problems possible.
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It's good that Toyota is being proactive, sensible, and a good corporate citizen, etc., but lets make sure we give competitors the benefit of the doubt too and not (as often is the case on this board) immediately say they suck, with everything worse than Toyota.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
It's good that Toyota is being proactive, sensible, and a good corporate citizen, etc., but lets make sure we give competitors the benefit of the doubt too and not (as often is the case on this board) immediately say they suck, with everything worse than Toyota.
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Most definitely agreed... I also agree with whoever said that the initial quality is worse thus causing the recalls. It seems too, that these recalls they are having are potential major problems. In a short while Ive seen airbags, gas padal, seat belts, shattering sunroofs, transmissions, etc. These seem really potntially dangerous. So give credit where credit is due, but lets not overlook the obvious.
Transmission is not an recall just ask the benz owners...
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
It's good that Toyota is being proactive, sensible, and a good corporate citizen, etc., but lets make sure we give competitors the benefit of the doubt too and not (as often is the case on this board) immediately say they suck, with everything worse than Toyota.
Yuri Ageyama / Associated Press
TOKYO -- Three Toyota officials are under a criminal investigation on suspicion of professional negligence for allegedly shirking recalls for eight years and not fixing a defect that may have caused an accident, police said Tuesday.
Toyota Motor Corp. denied the officials had engaged in any wrongdoing. The automaker said in a statement it was cooperating fully with the investigation.
Kumamoto police in southern Japan filed papers to prosecutors Tuesday, a police spokesman said. Accused are three Toyota officials, ages 62, 58 and 55, who oversee quality control at the automaker, he said.
Their names have not been disclosed. Toyota said at least one of the officials had left the company, although reasons for the departure were unclear.
Five people were injured on Aug. 12, 2004, in Kumamoto in a head-on crash when steering failed in a Toyota Hilux Surf sport utility vehicle, causing it to swing out of control into the wrong lane. One person in the other vehicle suffered injuries requiring 52 days of treatment, while four suffered more minor injuries, police said.
(The Hilux Surf is sold outside Japan, primarily in the USA as the Toyota 4Runner.)
Toyota said a recall was carried out in October 2004 for 330,000 Hilux Surf vehicles manufactured between December 1988 and May 1996. The recall was for a problem part used in the steering system that could break, according to Toyota.
Toyota said the vehicle involved in the accident was manufactured in 1993.
Toyota had received five reports of problems with the steering by 1996, but the problems were limited to repeatedly turning the wheel during parking, and no recall was made then, it said. After additional problems were reported in 2004, Toyota carried our another investigation and decided to carry out a recall.
The model affected by the 2004 recall, totaling 1.2 million vehicles, was sold in 180 nations abroad including the U.S. and Europe, and a recall was carried out in September 2005, according to Toyota. Eighteen cases of problems were reported from overseas, but there were no accidents or injuries, it said.
A Toyota official, speaking on condition of anonymity, quoted police as saying that reports about problems began in 1992, and company officials are accused of being aware of them as early as 1995 or 1996.
The automaker, based in Toyota city, central Japan, said it will continue to make quality a priority.
"We will continue to strengthen quality control under our belief that we must put the customer first and make quality No. 1," Toyota said in the statement.
Toyota has been reporting booming sales in recent years and is growing so rapidly some analysts expect it to overtake struggling General Motors Corp. of the U.S. as the world's biggest automaker in coming years.
But Toyota, known worldwide for impeccable quality, has suffered somewhat of an image problem lately because its number of recalls has soared, raising doubts whether the automaker can continue to maintain quality standards as it embarks on the next step of global expansion.
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Toyota isn´t perfect, but I think they are more perfect than most.
I think most of these Toyota recalls probably come from their careful attention to detail, which I think is better than anyone´s on the planet. They check, recheck and then check again.
That being said, when you go looking for the needle in the haystack, Toyota is bound to find it.
That is good, because with just about any other car company, you will step on that needle.
I think most of these Toyota recalls probably come from their careful attention to detail, which I think is better than anyone´s on the planet. They check, recheck and then check again.
That being said, when you go looking for the needle in the haystack, Toyota is bound to find it.
That is good, because with just about any other car company, you will step on that needle.
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