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NHTSA says 2010 sets record for 'voluntary' recalls

Last year was a big one for recalls. According to The New York Times, 2010 served up a record number of voluntary recalls from automakers. A total of 14.9 million vehicles were ushered back to dealerships for repairs that were not part of a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration investigation. The figure is up 8.5 million vehicles from 2009. That doesn't necessarily mean that the repairs were made out of the goodness of automakers' hearts, of course. When a manufacturer learns of a defect, the company is required by U.S. law to initiate a recall, even if it wasn't prompted by NHTSA.

In all, automakers recalled around 20.3 million vehicles in 2010, making it the fourth largest number of recalls in a year since NHTSA began keeping track in 1966. Number one still goes to 2004 with 30.8 million units recalled.

The New York Times reports that of the top five manufacturers with the most recalls, three were Japanese. Toyota led the game with a total of 6.7 million vehicles going back to dealerships, followed by General Motors with four million recalled vehicles. Honda landed third with 2.4 million troubled units with Nissan and its 2.1 million units not far behind. Finally, Chrysler rounded out the big five with 1.6 million recalled vehicles.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/n...ntary-recalls/

spwolf

did media actually report GM having 4 million recalls?

:-)

mmarshall

I don't see how that is a big surprise. The two largest automakers...the two largest number of recalls.

What will be interesting, though, is how GM does next year in the number of recalls, since the company no longer sells new Saab, Hummer, Pontiac, or Saturn vehicles). Saab, of course, now has a new owner (Spyker) who will probably be responsible for handling any recalls. But GM will (likely) still be responsible for any recalls for defects (and warranty coverage) found in existing Pontiac, Hummer, or Saturn vehicles, since those divisions, as of yet, have not found new owners.