Toyota Recalls

[bigbang]

conspiracy!!
Take Ford for instance, and not that long ago. In October of last year, Ford recalled 4.5 million cars to replace a faulty cruise control deactivator, which was shown to be a fire hazard. That brought the total number of cars recalled for this specific problem up to 16 million - the largest single recall ever in automotive industry history.
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[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by bigbang

conspiracy!!
Take Ford for instance, and not that long ago. In October of last year, Ford recalled 4.5 million cars to replace a faulty cruise control deactivator, which was shown to be a fire hazard. That brought the total number of cars recalled for this specific problem up to 16 million - the largest single recall ever in automotive industry history.
were is the media on this story

yeah. Fords would catch fire while sitting in your garage at night and burn your whole house down. the switch always had current and when it failed, it Trogdor'ed yer arse.

[eht13]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

yeah. Fords would catch fire while sitting in your garage at night and burn your whole house down. the switch always had current and when it failed, it Trogdor'ed yer arse.

Yes, I remember this! And while it was in the news, I don't remember it being made up to the same level that this Toyota thing is.

[yannis-b]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

yeah. Fords would catch fire while sitting in your garage at night and burn your whole house down. the switch always had current and when it failed, it Trogdor'ed yer arse.

My last car was a ford puma (small coupe) which blew up on the motorway... Then I decided to go for something more reliable, either a honda or a toyota but I didn't really like the jazz (fit) and the civic was too expensive with only a 1.4 engine so the yaris was the obvious choice. I've done 1000 miles so far and I love it, especially after installing the rear sway bar :p Sure the recall is a pain but they are doing their best to fix it.

[MadMax]

The biggest rub is that there was nowhere near as much coverage in 2008 when Ford had to recall 12 million vehicles due to a cruise-control switch catching fire. As a matter of fact, the top six recalls of all time were American-built cars. The 2.3 million cars affected by the Toyota recall doesn't even make the top ten list of recalls! #10 is the 1987 Ford recall of 3.6 million vehicles, which affected 1.3 million more vehicles than this Toyota recall!