Toyota bragged about avoiding recall

[divideandconquer]

Toyota said it saved more than $100M in '07 recall
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington -- Toyota Motor Corp. officials bragged last July about avoiding a costly whole-scale recall of sudden acceleration complaints, a document turned over to congressional investigators shows.
A limited recall saved the Japanese automaker, whose executives will be grilled by congressional committees starting on Tuesday, more than $100 million, according to the presentation obtained by The Detroit News on Sunday.
The document, an internal presentation from the company's Washington office, raises serious new questions about the company's handling of safety issues. It was among the papers and records turned over to Congress as part of its demand for information on recent recalls and safety actions.


From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100221/AUTO01/2210325/Toyota-said-it-saved-more-than-$100M-in--07-recall#ixzz0gDlVbjDI

[Dreamer Tatum]

1. What balls...a Detriot paper calling out Toyota.

takes a lot of guts to do that...

[Bluzmann57]

2. What balls...Toyota trying to lie and cheat

Fuck them. I am tired of all the fucking anti American car worship in here. Btw, it's spelled Detroit.

[liberal N proud]

3. Just fighting back for the local guys

Toyota deception is partially to blame for the fall of Detroit.

Toyota's quality was never what they advertised and duped the American consumer into believing.

May the best car win, but the fight needs to be fair.

[LiberalFighter]

5. It doesn't help when they pay off the car magazines that do articles about them.

[liberal N proud]

6. I had not heard about that one

But no doubt, it is possible.

Would be interested in a link if you have one.

[ingac70]

7. I'm sure it will all come out soon enough....

given Consumer Reports has given Toyota an automatic top ranking every year.

I personally have always suspected there was a pay off going on, as cars made on the same line (like GM and Toyotas) that were badge engineered had very different quality and performance ratings.

[ingac70]

4. No American company....

ever had recalls on every single vehicle in its line up at once.

[backscatter712]

8. They were using the formula...

You've seen Fight Club, have you not?

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.

[nonconformist]

9. K & R nt