Nice New Toyotas

The car manufacturer Toyota is not having a good year so far is it? And it’s only February! Several million Toyota cars had been warned and then recalled about a floor mat issue that caused the gas pedal to get caught. Then the recall was expanded to more models and years plus the public was informed it was more than a floor mat issue; it was mechanical.

Why did Toyota wait so long to tell the public the truth? By waiting to divulge that it wasn’t floor mats, but a mechanical part in the gas pedal they may very well have caused more injuries and lives to be lost. At least now they seem to be doing the right thing by getting all the cars in and fixed. But does this action come too late to restore the public’s confidence in Toyota?

By first saying the problem was a floor mat, and then identifying the problem as the gas pedal while expanding the recall, many Toyota owners have to be wondering if their car is safe or will it be recalled as well. Is Toyota sitting on another mechanical failure without telling anyone?

Well, it’s not looking to good because the Toyota Prius is the next Toyota car with problems showing up. There have been rumors and stories floating around the Internet that the new 2010 Toyota Prius has braking issues. Toyota states they have already fixed the problem in the cars on the production line, but they aren’t ready to do a recall yet. Why aren’t they doing a recall? Are they waiting for fatalities to pile up, as the case with the sticking gas pedal?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration isn’t very amused by Toyota’s handling of these recalls, and has issued a formal inquiry in to the 2010 Toyota Prius braking issues. The N.H.T.S.A. has only received 124 complaints but that number will no doubt climb much higher once more Prius owners realize that the braking system is indeed faulty and they aren’t crazy.

This is really turning into a public relations nightmare. Toyota has always been known for safety and reliability, but that is now turning rapidly into distrust and fear. The completely lack of concern over consumer’s lives, consumer’s that bought their cars, is chilling. Yes you’ll lose money in a recall, but aren’t human lives more important than money? I shudder to think at the answer Toyota would give at the moment.

Toyota is among the leading automobile brands in the world today. It is based out of Japan and is a huge manufacturer of cars. The company Toyota was originally set up as a textile firm, known as Toyota Industries. Two decades later, Toyota Motors grew out of this textile firm by Kiichiro Toyoda in the year 1937 as a subsidiary car manufacturing company.

Toyota cars are considered to be among the best and most successful automobiles. It is the brand that embodies the Japanese auto makers’ success story in the global market. It has remained a perennial leader in the market when it comes to customer satisfaction. The company has something called the Toyota Manufacturing System. It credits this system and process with its reduction in production cost, while improving its vehicle quality by removing defects. It is also the pioneer in the development of hybrid electric and petrol technology. This has helped the car maker reap the benefits as petroleum prices continue to increase worldwide.

Toyota’s main line business today remains design, production and sales of passenger cars. It even manufactures passenger trucks. The makers sell their car under the name of Toyota and Lexus, and in the US under the name of Scion Marques. Toyota continues to be among the most profitable car makers in the world and a record holder in terms of profitability among Japanese companies.

Toyota’s top management aims to make the company the largest automotive company in the world. It wants to ensure that it continues to gain market share and also remain as the largest investor in the automotive industry.

Being a market leader and visionary, Toyota is now developing a car that will be powered only by solar energy. Though, it will take a few years for the planned vehicle to hit the market, the company is working on it so as to ensure that it does not lag behind in the field of technology in the coming years.

Toyota auto makers realise that the competition is only going to get tough in the coming years. Every auto maker in the industry is working to become the market leader in this field. Thus, it is developing various new generation cars to maintain its leader’s position in the near future.

Trying to find the facts about how many Toyota cars have been involved in fatal accidents as a result of mechanical failure is next to impossible due to the many articles written by attorneys trying to get rich at Toyota’s expense. News stories looking for sensationalism instead of reporting facts are also in on the hoax.

It could be hundreds, thousands or even millions of Toyota owners who are at risk according to what’s on the internet.

In reality, only 8 out of 4,200,000 cars have had a major accident as a result of mechanical failure, but you can’t find that fact on the internet or even buried in the bottom of a news article.

News stories are confusing numbers of recalls with actual accidents. Recalls are issued to keep accidents from happening. They are issued to make sure the owner of the vehicle does not have a problem with their car in the future.

However, when a recall is reported as an accident and Toyota owners are reported as being up in arms because of their defective cars, a smear campaign is in progress and the truth is not being told.

As a 2008 Prius owner, my anger is not directed at Toyota, but at those telling half truths and blatant lies about the company. My anger is directed at lawyers trying to get rich quick by convincing Toyota owners to exaggerate or invent problems about their car to file a law suit.

What has happened to honesty in reporting? What has happened to integrity in this country?

Back off and let a good car company, Toyota, continue to set the record of excellence in production, performance and price, as well as, safety. Something Toyota has always done. Stop trying to smear a good name.

It happened again, just as Toyota is doing everything to do some damage-control in the US, it has now happen in Europe and Asia. For those of you who have no idea whats going on, the problem with the worlds biggest car manufacturer is the defective gas pedals that initiate out of control acceleration.

The report comes at a very bad time for Toyota where it had previously halt production from a few of its factories in North America. The recall has spread to Europe in view of the fact that the defective accelerator pedals were also used in Toyota’s European market.

Its bad enough that Toyota had suffered a blow in their sales because of the global financial crisis but this adverse turn of event will not only further jeopardize their profit but will also place a big scar on their reputation as a maker of top-notch quality cars with dependable attributes. The cost in fixes each month will also cost Toyota hundreds of millions of dollars and this controversy has given other car manufacturers an edge.

In the US, a number of disasters involving Toyota cars have previously happened which caused fatalities. One very troubling one came from a 911 call in the San Diego, California where 4 individuals in a Lexus crashed because of a stuck gas pedal.

It is reported that an estimated 1.8 million vehicles will be recalled in Europe, including the UK, bad news doesn’t stop there. The pending recall in China is also said to total over 75,000 mainly for Toyota RAV4s. All have the same issue of faulty gas pedals.

Can the faulty accelerator pedal be blamed completely to Toyota? Toyota may be receiving the brunt of this controversy but a notable detail is that Toyota gets their gas pedals from a third party supplier, CTS Elkhart. Even though CTS has already made attempts to replace the faulty gas pedals, the reputation of Toyota has already been dented, possibly irreparable.

Toyota has also cautioned drivers of floormats trapping accelerator pedals.

a number of~various~a few} complaints. One of which is in Southeast Asia where several Toyota Innova drivers are complaining about D4D fuel pumps where the MUV has a possible tendency to stop suddenly without the driver braking.

Toyota’s embarrassment doesn’t finish there, there are now reports of a new round in recall and this time its Toyota’s hybrid car the Prius, Toyota’s forefront for green technology. Gas pedals are not the issue with the Prius but its brake pedal instead. where many Toyota drivers in Japan and the US have encountered sporadic unresponsive braking.

The Toyota car models being recalled are 2009-10 Corolla, 2009-10 RAV4, 2009-10 Matrix, 2007-10 Camry, 2005-10 Avalon, 2007-10 Tundra, 2010 Highlander, and 2008-10 Sequoia. If you drive any of these models, you should inform your dealer and have them take care of the issue. Should you experience a glitch with your accelerator, you must step on the brake pedal with one strong stomp instead of little by little and pull-up the handbrake.

Stuart Pudge writes for Motor-Speak.com whose visitors can catch up on all the latest cool car gadgets and anything to do with cars and driving. Visit today

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