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From: Brent on 13 Feb 2010 01:46 Suddenly, all the toyota recalls are news... it's like they figured out toyota has recalls too.
From: Daniel W. Rouse Jr. on 13 Feb 2010 02:50 "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hl5hsd$v33$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > Suddenly, all the toyota recalls are news... > > it's like they figured out toyota has recalls too. > > More like it appears that issues that were reported and very likely deferred for several years in some cases---probably something like not reproducible or corner-case/edge case/limited exposure--are finally getting their well deserved attention. Too bad it took a fatality to actually demand that much immediate action. Oh, and there was also one news story in the past few days about a cruise control issue with another Toyota vehicle that seemed to report very similar symptoms reportedly seen by witnesses of the fatal Lexus incident (vehicle lurching back and forth, then taking off, brakes glowing red from prolonged braking--except the driver in that other story got the vehicle to stop). I need to find the link to that story, but the other vehicle was not a Lexus if I recall correctly, it might have been a Prius.
From: John Lucas on 13 Feb 2010 05:37 On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:46:37 +0000 (UTC), Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >Suddenly, all the toyota recalls are news... > >it's like they figured out toyota has recalls too. > Seems as if the media ignores that the Pontiac Vibe is also on the accelerator recall list.
From: Brent on 13 Feb 2010 10:59 On 2010-02-13, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: > "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hl5hsd$v33$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> Suddenly, all the toyota recalls are news... >> >> it's like they figured out toyota has recalls too. >> >> > > More like it appears that issues that were reported and very likely deferred > for several years in some cases---probably something like not reproducible > or corner-case/edge case/limited exposure--are finally getting their well > deserved attention. Too bad it took a fatality to actually demand that much > immediate action. This last one was 8,000 pick up trucks. Before that would only appear as a little blurb in autoweek. Toyota and the rest of the Japanese automakers have had recalls for years, some pretty scary ones too. Rarely if ever got on national news and mainstream media. Yet, much more minor recalls for the big three would make the talking head network national news.
From: Harry K on 13 Feb 2010 12:30
On Feb 12, 10:46 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Suddenly, all the toyota recalls are news... > > it's like they figured out toyota has recalls too. It is also looking like 'drive by wire' technology is nowhere near ready for the road. Harry K |