[Efonukmp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota


Toyota Motor Corp, which is considered to be the world's #1 car maker, has announced a massive recall on at least 8 of its most popular late-model vehicles.

The reason being is because the company is saying that the gass pedal in the cars could become stuck in the pressed position, causing the affected vehicles to careen out of control and the person behind the wheel may not be able to stop the vehicles, resulting in what could be a very catastrophic accident!

A police officer & 3 of his family members were killed in an accident because in the vehicle he was driving, the gas pedal became stuck, causing the vehicle to careen out of control and accelerate to over 110mph!

Affected models and production (model) years are as follows;

1. 2009 - 2010 Rav 4.

2. 2009 - 2010 Corolla.

3. 2009 - 2010 Matrix.

4. 2005 - 2010 Avalon.

5. Certain 2007 - 2010 Camry.

6. 2010 Highlander.

7. 2007 - 2010 Tundra.

8. 2008 - 2010 Sequoia.


These affected year models have also been stopped on the production lines and Toyota has notified dealerships across the country to stop selling them until they can find a way to rectify the problem.

Stocks have already plummeted about 4%. Toyota says that it hopes to be able to offer a remedy for the problem soon.

If you have one or more of these affected models, you are asked to stop driving it immediately and notify Toyota or your dealership asap on what to do.

[JanetMorris]

Sucks, but I guess nobody has driven a manual tranny.

Even an automatic has a gearshift handle thingy........

But yes, this is bad. I wonder though, why are so many people flooring their gas pedals?

[michael247]

Wow! Whats left for dealers to sell? Priuses?

Chrysler dealers - take note - this may be the one time all year that you have someone to look down on and pity!

Glad I decided to get the '09 Civic over the '09 Toyota last year...

[wmcelesta]

Wow! Whats left for dealers to sell? Priuses?

Chrysler dealers - take note - this may be the one time all year that you have someone to look down on and pity!

Glad I decided to get the '09 Civic over the '09 Toyota last year...

Yeah, the Prius & Rotunda seems to be about the only vehicles not affected by the massive recall.

So glad that I'm driving an '01 Ford Crown Vic!

[HaseBeceDeemy]

I have noticed a significant ramp up in Toyota commercials.....


Maybe I am just noticing them more now.....

[ArraryTauTDew]

You're right!

The co is still trying to push hard, saying that their vehicles like the Corrolla and others are still very reliable & safe. Slick little game they're playing!

But they already kicked themselves in the butt with that major announcement.

Critics are saying that it took Toyota years to try to fix a problem that is now manifested and grown to a fully-blown tragedy that's been waiting to happen for some time now!

[Hrennilasi]

Info has now surfaced that over 46 million Toyota vehicles worldwide (half of them in the USA) are now affected by the recall.

Now the co's Prius model has also become a problem vehicle as well!

A problem with the brakes, some customers are saying.

The transportation secretary has made a public announcement that ALL owners of Toyota vehicles stopping driving them and take them to be modified or repaired!

[astefecyAvevy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota

It IS official!

Further investigation HAS revealed that Toyota KNEW that there was a very serious issue and design flaw with the braking system in their Pruis cars, but the co did nothing about it and said nothing about it to the many customers who bought it!

[orillaVar]

Corporate BS.

Well at least we know the Japanese learned SOMETHING from us.

[expiclefich]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford


Not so fast;

Ford has now come forward and announced that 2 of their most popular vehicle models - the Fusion and the Milan might have issuse with THEIR breaking systems (Remember their Explorer SUV's had dangerous problems with the Firstone tires which would strip off during highway driving, causing a roll-over? People were killd because of that as well).

Seems that the brakes are showing problems due to faulty software.

In other developments, Toyota stands to lose about $2b because of the gas pedal recall.

This is beginning to sound like a pattern!

[tomsmuidh]

And now, the Lexus- also made by Toyota, a somwhat luxury version of the Camry, is also under fire! The braking system has issues.

The hits just keep on coming!

[Soypopetype]

...The breaking system has issues...

Your wrong is actually right here... they have issues with braking and breaking

[themsrsdude]

Your wrong is actually right here... they have issues with braking and breaking

Stop being a damn devil's advocate, you know damn well what I mean!

This is NOT a spell checker forum, and you're not a spell checker!

[Marinausa]

Stop being a damn devil's advocate, you know damn well what I mean!

Damn.

[tinamasak]

Stop being a damn devil's advocate, you know damn well what I mean!

This is NOT a spell checker forum, and you're not a spell checker!

Grow a sense of humor, I was laughing with you, not at you.

I think that Toyota does have a larger problem than just "brakes". Thus I think "breaking system has a problem" is, ironically, a dead on observation of what is REALLY wrong at Toyota - quality control at the top is gone - the stop stuff from breaking system.

[leangarance]

Grow a sense of humor, I was laughing with you, not at you.

I think that Toyota does have a larger problem than just "brakes". Thus I think "breaking system has a problem" is, ironically, a dead on observation of what is REALLY wrong at Toyota - quality control at the top is gone - the stop stuff from breaking system.

I think that Toyota, and it has been proven, that the co KNEW about all of these problems years ago, but did nothing about them, and that they had mislead the dealerships and customers - shielding this damaging but important info from ever getting out to the public, so unbeknownst to millions, people thought that their cars were safe when in fact they really weren't.

Especially with the Prius.

[CamVideoQl]

I forget which movie it was in, Tin Men perhaps, that mentioned something simple.

If you have 1 million cars on the road, and you discover a problem that will effect, on average, maybe 2000 and OF those 2000, only about 100 being serious, what would be the course to follow?

Pulling all 1 million off the road and reparing them would cost about, lets say, $1000 a car. We are talking $1B loss now. If 100 people die from this, even at $10M a shot, you are still breaking even. And that is not counting what your lawyers could get thrown out.

Sad thing is, it probably cost Toyota less money to keep it hush-hush and hope for the best than to say their machines COULD have problems and bring in ALL of them when only 0.2% will have problems.


Corporate mentality.

[Gaxiciverfere]

I can never pass up a Fight Club quote, especially when its relevant:

Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?
Narrator: A major one.

[Qxkmsxsx]

The Prius models have been recalled overnight.

[chuviskkk]

I guess when it rains it pours....

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