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Toyota recalls 3.8 million vehicles

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Toyota recalls 3.8 million vehicles - Autos- msnbc.com
Toyota recalls 3.8 million vehicles

Toyota Motor Corp. said it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the US the company’s largest-ever U.S. recal. Reason a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. ":In the August incident near San Diego, the fiery crash of a 2009 Lexus ES 350 killed California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, 45, and three others on State Route 125 in Santee. The runaway car was traveling at more than 120 mph when it hit a sport utility vehicle, launched off an embankment, rolled several times and burst into flames."
Toyota to recall over 1 million cars worldwide
Automaker to fix a defect in seatbelt, or a component in the exhaust
June 28 2009 "

"Toyota Announces Safety Recall on Select Vehicles
Torrance, Calif., August 26, 2009 -- "

For those of you who somehow have been wearing blinders and earplugs and think that Japanese branded cars are better in quality than our American built cars need to rethink that lie you have been swollowing hook line and sinker !!!!
 
it's a floormat....
 
Redress said:
it's a floormat....
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Yes and that is a design defect and it can and has casued deaths.

This case it's a floor mat. Other recalls it was brakes.

Look don't rain on my parade whne I slap at the Japanese I will and defend the good qulaity of American built cars.
 
F107HyperSabr said:
Yes and that is a design defect and it can and has casued deaths.

This case it's a floor mat. Other recalls it was brakes.

Look don't rain on my parade whne I slap at the Japanese I will and defend the good qulaity of American built cars.
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You do realize that most Toyota's sold in the US are as much or more American made as big 3 auto's?
 
F107HyperSabr said:
Toyota recalls 3.8 million vehicles - Autos- msnbc.com
Toyota recalls 3.8 million vehicles

Toyota Motor Corp. said it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the US the company’s largest-ever U.S. recal. Reason a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. ":In the August incident near San Diego, the fiery crash of a 2009 Lexus ES 350 killed California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, 45, and three others on State Route 125 in Santee. The runaway car was traveling at more than 120 mph when it hit a sport utility vehicle, launched off an embankment, rolled several times and burst into flames."
Toyota to recall over 1 million cars worldwide
Automaker to fix a defect in seatbelt, or a component in the exhaust
June 28 2009 "

"Toyota Announces Safety Recall on Select Vehicles
Torrance, Calif., August 26, 2009 -- "

For those of you who somehow have been wearing blinders and earplugs and think that Japanese branded cars are better in quality than our American built cars need to rethink that lie you have been swollowing hook line and sinker !!!!
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You haven't got a clue of what you're talking about. The Lexus had an all-weather floor mat in it that was too long. That means it wasn't a Lexus floor mat. This recall is to check cars for improper floor mat installation. Get a grip.
 
Redress said:
You do realize that most Toyota's sold in the US are as much or more American made as big 3 auto's?
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believe I love cars and am restoring a 1950's Mercury !! slowly !!

Toyota has invaded our shores and has set up factories to built Japanese designed, owned, and controlled cars. The profits still go back to Japan with a few shekels for the colonials know as American workers.
 
F107HyperSabr said:
believe I love cars and am restoring a 1950's Mercury !! slowly !!

Toyota has invaded our shores and has set up factories to built Japanese designed, owned, and controlled cars. The profits still go back to Japan with a few shekels for the colonials know as American workers.
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Look up the phrase "publicly traded corporation".
 
American said:
You haven't got a clue of what you're talking about. The Lexus had an all-weather floor mat in it that was too long. That means it wasn't a Lexus floor mat. This recall is to check cars for improper floor mat installation. Get a grip.
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You can take your personal insults and shove them up your 7 th planet from the sun . I based my story on what was in the news this past year.

My point is that Toyota is not the quality guru that it and some people think it is.

JAN 28 ,09 Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it would recall more than 1.35 million Vitz and two other models globally to fix a defect in the seatbelt, a component in the exhaust system or both.

TOYOTA recalled cars in 2007 for the same problem. "Though Toyota recalled accessory all-weather floor mats in 2007 for similar problems, NHTSA noted that reports of vehicles accelerating rapidly even after the release of the pedal have continued. "

Instead of hurling personal insults by falaciously accusing me of not knowing "what I am talking about" start with reading this site "http://www.motortrend.com/new_cars/07/toyota/recalls/index.html

You must have heard of Motor Trend right ???
 
A much more reasonable comparison of quality would be lifespan of vehicle and amount and cost of maintenance required per x miles.
 
Redress said:
Look up the phrase "publicly traded corporation".
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Save it!! We al know what a publically traded corporation IS and some of us even know where certian ones are headquartered. Many foreign branded companies set up publically traded corporations such as HOOCHKAWA USA Corp, SONY BALONEY USA CCORP,

Yes we can all buy stocks of any company trades on the stock market.

SO WHAT !! A foreign owned corporation is a foreign owned corporation !!!
EOS !!!
 
Redress said:
A much more reasonable comparison of quality would be lifespan of vehicle and amount and cost of maintenance required per x miles.
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That be and JD Powers has reported that American branded cars have done pretty well over the lat decade or so.

You also need to compare like kind and cost brackets of cars.

You cannot compare the repair records and service that you get from lexus/ Lexus dealers with the once alive Plymouth line or with one of GM cheap mobiles. Compare it with the Cada lac STS or the Licoln MKZ ( once called the stupid name of Lincoln Zephyr).
 
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Redress said:
A much more reasonable comparison of quality would be lifespan of vehicle and amount and cost of maintenance required per x miles.
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Don't confuse him with logic.
 
Redress said:
A much more reasonable comparison of quality would be lifespan of vehicle and amount and cost of maintenance required per x miles.
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Could someone tell American that he is the first one on my ignore list for this site. I do not respond or read posters who can only retort in personl slaps.
Life is to short to deal with children on a political forum!
 
F107HyperSabr said:
Could someone tell American that he is the first one on my ignore list for this site. I do not respond or read posters who can only retort in personl slaps.
Life is to short to deal with children on a political forum!
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Ummmm...if you are ignoring him, he should still be able to see your post....
 
F107HyperSabr said:
You cannot compare the repair records and service that you get from lexus/ Lexus dealers with the once alive Plymouth line or with one of GM cheap mobiles. Compare it with the Cada lac STS or the Licoln MKZ ( once called the stupid name of Lincoln Zephyr).
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Umm, last I checked Lincoln was a Ford brand, not GM. it's obvious you're the one who doesn't understand proper comparison, thinking that the Zephyr and the STS are the same car.
 
Breaking news?
Something is definitely breaking. :2razz:
 
My mother drives a Mercury. :rofl I'll stick with Jap or German cars. :2wave:

PS, American didn't attack you, but your response to him was certainly uncivil.
 
StandUpChuck said:
My mother drives a Mercury. :rofl I'll stick with Jap or German cars. :2wave:

PS, American didn't attack you, but your response to him was certainly uncivil.
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Isn't there a C&W song about Mercury
 
Trust me, Ford, GM and Chrysler have certainly had their share of recalls over the years. And they should have had more, but sometimes decided it was cheaper to let a few people die rather than recalling something defective.

Here's one example:

The safety record of the Ford Pinto has become a landmark narrative on the evils of amoral companies putting profit ahead of customer safety. The articles and news stories about the Pinto released at the time generally portray the car as more prone to fire than other cars of the time. They also portray Ford as callous for knowingly and willfully ignoring safety concerns. More recent retrospective analysis of the car, the reports, the NHTSA and Ford's internal actions suggest the common knowledge understanding and reporting of the events is mistaken.[5]

Through early production of the model, it became a focus of a major scandal when it was alleged that the car's design allowed its fuel tank to be easily damaged in the event of a rear-end collision which sometimes resulted in deadly fires and explosions. Critics argued that the vehicle's lack of a true rear bumper as well as any reinforcing structure between the rear panel and the tank, meant that in certain collisions, the tank would be thrust forward into the differential, which had a number of protruding bolts that could puncture the tank. This, and the fact that the doors could potentially jam during an accident (due to poor reinforcing) allegedly made the car less safe than its contemporaries.

Ford allegedly was aware of this design flaw but refused to pay what was characterized as the minimal expense of a redesign. Instead, it was argued, Ford decided it would be cheaper to pay off possible lawsuits for resulting deaths. Mother Jones magazine obtained the cost-benefit analysis that it said Ford had used to compare the cost of an $11 ($56 today, allowing for inflation) repair against the monetary value of a human life, in what became known as the Ford Pinto memo.[6][7][8] The characterization of Ford's design decision as gross disregard for human lives in favor of profits led to significant lawsuits. While Ford was acquitted of criminal charges, it lost several million dollars and gained a reputation for manufacturing "the barbecue that seats four."[9] Nevertheless, as a result of this identified problem, Ford initiated a callback which provided a dealer installable "safety kit" that installed some plastic protective material over the offending sharp objects, negating the risk of tank puncture."
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[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto]Ford Pinto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
 
Bootsavich said:
Umm, last I checked Lincoln was a Ford brand, not GM. it's obvious you're the one who doesn't understand proper comparison, thinking that the Zephyr and the STS are the same car.
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If you bothered to read you would have realized that the comparison was the Lexus class car to the Cadalac STS / ( as in or ) Lincoln Zephyr.

But What the hell truth seems to be lost at some people.
 
StandUpChuck said:
My mother drives a Mercury. :rofl I'll stick with Jap or German cars. :2wave:

PS, American didn't attack you, but your response to him was certainly uncivil.
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"uncivil" ? After he attacks me by falaciously accusing me of not knowing what I was talking about. ! The way a civil adult debate is conducted is that when someone dssagrees with another person you say that you disagree and state in a civil mannrer as to why.

I do not do around telling people that they do not know what they are talking about but instead show why they are wrong.

That is civil. That is being an adult.
 
Middleground said:
Trust me, Ford, GM and Chrysler have certainly had their share of recalls over the years. And they should have had more, but sometimes decided it was cheaper to let a few people die rather than recalling something defective.

Here's one example:



Ford Pinto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pinto crash case has been presented as the hanging loose for American car manufacturers for a long time now. The being is that there are many people and most of us know they or are even related to some in our lives who assumed and even spout out that foreign cars are not recalled.

Hey wrong is wrong. I am calling them on that.
 
Redress said:
Ummmm...if you are ignoring him, he should still be able to see your post....
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What an honor, I made the list!! :mrgreen:
 
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