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Automotive News & Views Toyota in 2008
1907 messages, Last post on May 13, 2008 at 1:42 PM
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Replying to: otto8 (Apr 13, 2008 1:09 am) Let's see, on March 14th, we had "GM recalls 207,000 Buicks, Pontiacs"...seems there were some fires, a few people got hurt too, uh oh... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23631170/ That was March 14th. On February 13th, we had "GM to recall 180,000+ Chevy HHRs Models without side-mounted airbags fail to meet federal side-impact standards." for unsafe HHRs. On the Ford side, we find "Ford re-recalling 225,000 vehicles"...seems the fire problem related to those faulty cruise control switches just WILL NOT go away, despite recalling 9.5 MILLION trucks in the last 9 years.... http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/01/autos/ford_wiring_recall/index.htm Then we have "Ford Recalls 180,000 Vehicles" Seems this one is for vehicles with faulty door handles and fuel hoses. Both Ford recalls were in February. My oh my, the name that recall game is such a delicious pursuit for a bright Sunday morning!  These are just the recall results I could find in two quick minutes of Googling and taking the top two results. Recalls are RIFE in the industry these days. Now more intriguing to me is the new Ford TV ads trumpeting the fact that some survey has shown that Ford's quality is now up to the level of Toyota. I wonder if folks will hear this message and stop Ford's sales freefall. It's not going to be a good year in the U.S. for any of the automakers, no matter what.
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Replying to: otto8 (Apr 13, 2008 1:09 am) As always, I wish all automakers good luck - we will all benefit. 
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Replying to: nippononly (Apr 13, 2008 10:53 am) OOTH if you never admit to a problem and do a recall,then it's not a RECALL? Aaaah, the solution. Don't do recalls to keep the numbers down.
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Replying to: mcdawgg (Apr 13, 2008 5:58 pm) Now that's a good approach to the reality that all cars may have problems. |
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that the fans and the detractors will certainly view differently: "Toyota will buy back rusted Tacomas" http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080414/ANA06/804140348/1078- - Seems Tacomas sold in the Midwest between 1995 and 2000 have rusted more than they should. Toyota blames it on "anti-corrosion undercoating (that) was inadequate for conditions in the Midwest.". They claim the steel used was fine. I thought Toyota had put this problem behind them in the 70s, certainly by the 80s. Now Toyota IS standing behind its customers: it has extended the rust warranty to 15 years for all Tacomas affected, and is bringing all the affected trucks in for repair, if possible, or repurchase at 150% of KBB "excellent" value if not. That's pretty strong support for your customers in the auto biz, but one would hope that such a problem would not exist in the first place....such will be the difference of opinion between the Toyota fans and anti-fans, I would guess... BTW, the story also mentions that Tacoma sales are down 13% for the year so far, and Tundra sales are running well below the annualized rate of 200K hoped for.
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Replying to: nippononly (Apr 14, 2008 9:08 am) That's nothing new, sales are down for all manufacturers. Mack
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Replying to: mackabee (Apr 15, 2008 8:29 pm) 
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Replying to: otto8 (Apr 17, 2008 5:24 pm) 
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 17, 2008 6:03 pm) 
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Those will both totally buff out.
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