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Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown
Does Toyota—or any car throng—deserve this? Well, if they are knowingly selling an unsafe car, yes. But is that what's going on here? Not so fast. There's no question that unintended acceleration is a serious question that needs to be fixed. But a little perspective is in order. As Popular Mechanics automotive woman Larry Webster has pointed out, every major carmaker receives occasional reports of brisk unintended acceleration (SUA). In the last decade, the National Highway Transportation Safety Means logged some 24,000 SUA complaints. Less than 50 of these red flags were investigated. Why so few? The main reason is the turbid nature of SUA. Often the problem occurs once, never to happen again. It's tough to fix a defect that can't be replicated. And then there's the driver changeable. As awful as this is to think about, it's been shown that sometimes drivers simply mix up which pedal they're pushing. In the most recent 1980s, the Audi 500 was the target of a barrage of SUA allegations,

Source: Popular Mechanics

James Meigs: Target Toyota: Why The Recall Backlash Is Overblown ...

To arbiter by push accounts and statements from command officials, those innocuous looking Toyota sedans and SUVs in millions of American driveways are somehow kin to the insane ‘58 Plymouth Ferocity in the Stephen Royal novelette “Christine”–haunted by technological poltergeists and horizontal to fits of involuntary destruction. In the mid-point of three dominating recalls, Toyota has been hammered by daily newspaper and TV pieces suggesting it has been put on the brakes to whereabouts safe keeping problems. US transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced that anyone who owns one of the recalled vehicles should “stopover driving it.” (He fast backpedaled on that statement, but warned, “We’re not finished with Toyota.”) Displaying a in days of old undisclosed worry for the shelter of American owners of distant-badged automobiles, the UAW apace piled on. And now, Toyota’s North American president Yoshi Inaba must submit to automatic dishonour at the hands of the US Congress in a hearing on Wednesday.

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  • Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown. Feb 09, 2010
    • toyota sedans Los Angeles Times those innocuous-looking Toyota sedans and SUVs in millions of American driveways are somehow kin to the deadly '58 Plymouth Fury in the Stephen King Toyota recall: were red flags missed?Are Toyota Steering Problems Next?Toyota Prius, Lexus cross-breed owners advised to monitor brakes - -all 1,009 news articles »


  • Toyota accused of 'not being frank' on problem. Jan 31, 2010
    • toyota sedans Times OnlineToyota accused of 'not being unreserved' on problemA month later, NHTSA launched a wider investigation into the electronic throttles on around 1 million Lexus and Toyota sedans, citing more than 100 Toyota's Recall Spreads To China, 75552 SUVs AffectedToyota halts US sales of Camry, 7 other modelsWith Retract Expanding, Toyota Gives an Apologyall 13,274 news articles »


  • Sheriffs investigate dead body at Mount Hamilton. Feb 10, 2010
    • Sheriff's deputies received a call around 8:10 am about a Toyota Sedan parked on Mt. Hamilton, about two miles south of Joseph D. Accede to County Park. and more »


  • Toyota's Woes May Be a Boon To Hyundai. Feb 02, 2010
    • toyota sedans AFPToyota's Woes May Be a Advantage To HyundaiThe top-selling Toyota sedan is among eight models for which the Japanese auto stalwart on Jan. 26 suspended US sales and staging following the recalls. Hyundai says Sante Fe sales surge in Januaryall 219 news articles »


  • Man dies in crash in country Victoria. Feb 09, 2010
    • of the Barnawartha-Howlong Entr at Browns Plain, near Wodonga, and collided head on with his Toyota sedan about 3.30pm (AEDT) on Tuesday, the fuzz said. Man killed in collision in Brown Plains, near Wodonga, in northern VictoriaCollision claims a lifeall 7 tidings articles »


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