Toyota Recalls

[2009BBPliftback]

and people wonder why i still prefer a car thats actually made in Japan..

[jdms]

Originally Posted by 2009BBPliftback

and people wonder why i still prefer a car thats actually made in Japan..

I second that! Japan's QC is far superior to US's. Toyota might try and enforce it in the US plants but it probably doesn't get done. I wouldn't of bought the Yaris if it wasn't 100% assembled in Japan.

I feel this will really hurt Toyota in the long run. Which is really a shame, they make great engines but severely lack in other departments.

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by jdms

I second that! Japan's QC is far superior to US's. Toyota might try and enforce it in the US plants but it probably doesn't get done..

this is mythology. toyota executives in 2009 applauded the cambridge plant in canada because the problems per 100 vehicles for the corolla were lower there than at any of their japanese plants. in fact, they were pondering what the plants in japan could learn from the cabridge operation. plants in canada and the u.s. operate under the same QC controls as they do in japan.

having spent parts of 3 years in japan and knowing several on the line workers at a toyota plant, i can assure you that assembly workers attitudes are nothing like they were 10-20 years ago. they no longer have a lifetime of employment security and their economy has been faultering for some time. their loyalty is to whoever can employ them.

if the yaris were built in the u.s. or canada, i expect nobody would notice one bit of difference. the only differences that will generally occur is with different (which does not mean better) components used in japanese plants vs candian/u.s. plants. so many parts are outsourced. it is not as though the parts used in japanese built cars are all designed and manufactured in that country.

as was mentioned, the japanese made yaris already had a recall, correct?

[eht13]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/27/news...ta_sales_halt/

[YANNA07]

I have a 07 LB, 5 speed, speed control, 30K miles. The other day while backing from a parking space the throttle would not respond to the accellerator pedal. After about 5seconds everything was back to normal. No problem since. Does make one a bit anxious.

[scape]

Originally Posted by YANNA07

I have a 07 LB, 5 speed, speed control, 30K miles. The other day while backing from a parking space the throttle would not respond to the accellerator pedal. After about 5seconds everything was back to normal. No problem since. Does make one a bit anxious.

the first year I owned my car it had some funky electrical glitches, maybe within the first 6months - year: it had a hard time starting, turning the starter many times, turning the engine a few times, dash board lights flashed on and off and then the engine turned on and then off and then on again. that kind of thing happened twice so far. that second time i was like, oh crap and then waited a sec and then started to driver her off and she started to jump a bit (fuel cutoff?), flashing dashlights more and it played with the rev's. the whole thing was very strange and made it seem like some clunky console video game haha. since then, it's been straight and narrow and has not given me a problem yet. but that thought always sits in my head about how computer controlled this car really is.

[eht13]

Originally Posted by eht13

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/27/news...ta_sales_halt/

Reading this again and thinking about this part more...

"Toyota, which last week had been forced to recall 2.3 million vehicles spread across eight of its models due to problems with a sticking accelerator, announced Tuesday night that it would stop selling those vehicles for an indeterminate period as it scrambles to find a solution.

The models affected include the company's three best sellers in the U.S. -- the Camry, Corolla and Rav4 SUV, which between them accounted for more than half of the Toyota brand's U.S. sales in 2009. Five North American plants will halt production of these vehicles."

... makes me wonder whether dealers will feel more motivated to negotiate on the prices of the other models they can still sell in the meantime, such as the Yaris, in order to help out sales numbers overall.

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by 2009BBPliftback

and people wonder why i still prefer a car thats actually made in Japan..

ya, all we've had is the flammable sound deadening...

[2009BBPliftback]

Originally Posted by thebarber

ya, all we've had is the flammable sound deadening...

That must have been prior to my purchase of a Yaris.