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By: TBone

TBone — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:43:45 +0000

Right out of Carl Rove’s playbook, the best defense is a good offense – deflect guilt by misdirection. Anyone that doesn’t realize that Toyota’s safety recalls wouldn’t be equal or EXCEED the recall numbers of the Big 3, if they had not sat on defects, blamed them on the consumer, or even replaced defective parts without the owners knowledge while vehicles were in for service — hasn’t been paying attention.

What is there, something to the order of 8.5 million vehicles under this current recall and yet Toyota knew about this SUA problem and was fixing some going back to 2001- but they just never issued a recall (until they were forced to)?

They still haven’t issue a recall on all of the Tacoma and Tundra’s compromised (corrosion) frames going back to model year 1995, have they? How many Taco & Tundra owners are driving around in trucks with weak frames?

Remember the CHIP officer whose family perished in the Calif crash? How many Lexus’ have been recalled?

When one does a little research and realizes the extent of recalls that Toyota failed to issue over the last decade or so, and that are just now coming back to bite them in the rear. . . one ought to realize just how gullible the American public/media/gov’t officials have been and how calculating Toyota has been.

It’s going to be interesting to see whether this big load of poo in Toyota’s pants actually stinks them up . . . or whether we keep playing the part of the stupid American consumer.

If you drive a Toyota and ever have the occasion to be driving behind me in my American vehicle . . . please stay back at least 500 ft.

By: APATRIOT

APATRIOT — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:22:53 +0000

To MattK: I would also like to note that the three worst cars in the world in all five categories are the VW, MAZDA and the stupid looking little english car. This is according to jdpowers.com not me. Why do people buy these cars if they are interested in quality and reliability? Make you wonder!

By: APATRIOT

APATRIOT — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:19:14 +0000

Hi MattK; Toyota, Honda etc. have always had problems. I believe Owners who buy foreign are reluctant to report typical problems when they fill out the surveys. i.e. The NUMMI plant in california made identical cars with all the same parts (except emblens) and people. Toyota corolla and the GEO PRISM. When the JDPOWERS surveys came out, the geo prism had 100% more defects per 1000 vehicles than the corolla. I am starting to see people being more up front as i read comments in different blogs etc. I still buy American and love it. What i like is i don’t have to spend 400 dollars every 60,000 miles to replace timing belts or face engine failure. I usuall keep my cars about 150000 before i tire of it and want a new one.

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By: MattK

MattK — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:29 +0000

Kazza, car manufacturers get lazy or complacent (or both) which leads to problems later. Both Toyota and Honda have achieved significant gains in recent years which means that cutting corners is the easiest way to push out more product.

By: Kazza

Kazza — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:04:22 +0000

After Toyota’s social media fail, I wonder if Honda will have learned any lessons with regard to their recall.

It’s very strange how two manufacturers with such excellent reliability records should both be hit by problems in such a short time frame.

By: MattK

MattK — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:10 +0000

There may be some desire for people to pile it on, but if you followed the story as it has unfolded over the past several months, you would discover that both Toyota and the NHTSA dragged their feet until the recalls were ordered and the sale stoppage put in place.

Toyota’s legendary quality is to be admired, but in recent years they have done this at the expense of quality. Back in 2007, Consumer Reports dropped their customary recommendation of Toyota models after discovering that problems were emerging. Most of those problems were rather small, but the company has had issues with engine sludge in Camrys and rusted out Tacomas over the years.

Toyota should be required to resolve the issue, but the investigation must mean that unsafe cars are pulled from the road. If they are not, then the legal beagles will be out sniffing up litigation which could be more costly in the long run.

Regarding the pedal made by CTS Corp., Toyota says that the company is not to be blamed for the problem. Personally, I am thinking that the acceleration issue is deeper than what has been thought so far, perhaps electronic in nature.

By: Dominique

Dominique — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:51:53 +0000

Do you think there is an outright assault to take down Toyota going on here? It almost appears to me as if people are smelling blood and moving in for the kill. They know Toyota suddenly has a weak spot and they are desperately trying to knock the company out of the top tier.

I realize this is serious but should Toyota be given the opportunity to resolve this since they have had a stellar record up to this point?

Lastly, Do you think that the fact that parts of Toyota are now being built in America has something to do with the quality issue problem?

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