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Toyota president 'sorry to have made customers

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Toyota president 'sorry to have made customers uneasy'


Business | 206749 hits | Jan 30 11:00 am | Posted by: stemmer
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Davos, Switzerland (CNN) -- Toyota's president apologized Friday for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe, Japanese media reported. It was Akio Toyoda's first remarks since the lates

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  1. by avatar stemmer
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:08 pm

    Spinella said Toyota was already vulnerable. His firm's consumer survey from mid-January showed Toyota had fallen from its long-held position of first or second in quality estimates to seventh among potential buyers. Apparently, recalls that began late last year are having an impact.


    That says it all for me...

  2. by avatar Yogi
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:52 pm
    "stemmer" said

    Spinella said Toyota was already vulnerable. His firm's consumer survey from mid-January showed Toyota had fallen from its long-held position of first or second in quality estimates to seventh among potential buyers. Apparently, recalls that began late last year are having an impact.


    That says it all for me...


    Give some 'fair ink' here. Ford is having the same problem in some of their vehicles, and have halted production of those as well.

    Both manufacturers are using parts manufactured by CTS. They are the ones who screwed up. Not the manufacturers who have recognized the problem, and halted production/sales until the situation is remedied!

  3. by avatar poquas
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:13 pm
    Facts don’t mean anything to Stemmer. I linked all that info on a previous thread and in spite of that Stemmer had to try and express a little schadenfreude to try and make a point. He has a completely separate agenda regarding the Asian manufacturers. Care to guess what it is? :roll:

  4. by Lemmy
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:16 pm
    How many times must it be said? It takes 10 minutes to fix the problem. 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Free of charge. 10 minutes. :roll:

  5. by avatar Yogi
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:23 pm
    "poquas" said
    Facts don’t mean anything to Stemmer. I linked all that info on a previous thread and in spite of that Stemmer had to try and express a little schadenfreude to try and make a point. He has a completely separate agenda regarding the Asian manufacturers. Care to guess what it is? :roll:


    It's not a view that I can say I really understand. Personally, I have always favored NA autos. That though comes from the fact that I used to be, and I guess to some extent still am a 'back yard mechanic'. :wink: Easy to work on, parts readily available, and reasonabley priced. Even those though have become quite complicated over the last few years due to 'technology'! I've never put a wrench to my RT, but don't hesitate to tear-down either of my vans.

  6. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:49 pm
    "stemmer" said

    Spinella said Toyota was already vulnerable. His firm's consumer survey from mid-January showed Toyota had fallen from its long-held position of first or second in quality estimates to seventh among potential buyers. Apparently, recalls that began late last year are having an impact.


    That says it all for me...


    You hardly need a reason to engage in your favourite passtime of Asia bashing.

  7. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:51 pm
    "Lemmy" said
    How many times must it be said? It takes 10 minutes to fix the problem. 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Free of charge. 10 minutes. :roll:


    Doesn't matter to the shitiots out there looking for any reason to engage in thinly disguised racism.

  8. by avatar stemmer
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:56 pm
    The Ford and Toyota recalls are not equal. The Toyota recall is for millions of cars worldwide. Now compare the tally to Ford which is only for a thousand or two vehicles in China... Toyota's problem is going to cost them alot more then Ford's...

  9. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:00 pm
    "stemmer" said
    The Ford and Toyota recalls are not equal. The Toyota recall is for millions of cars worldwide. Now compare the tally to Ford which is only for a thousand or two vehicles in China... Toyota's problem is going to cost them alot more then Ford's...


    Ain't no Pinto.

  10. by Lemmy
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:05 pm
    "stemmer" said
    The Ford and Toyota recalls are not equal. The Toyota recall is for millions of cars worldwide. Now compare the tally to Ford which is only for a thousand or two vehicles in China... Toyota's problem is going to cost them alot more then Ford's...


    Of course it's going to cost more when the manufacturer recognizes and corrects a problem. North American car makers just let their customers pay for shoddy construction out of their own pockets instead of dealing with the issue through a recall. Not to mention that when Fords and GMs have a problem, you have a long walk home instead of a 10 minute service call.

  11. by avatar Yogi
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:07 pm
    "stemmer" said
    The Ford and Toyota recalls are not equal. The Toyota recall is for millions of cars worldwide. Now compare the tally to Ford which is only for a thousand or two vehicles in China... Toyota's problem is going to cost them alot more then Ford's...


    FAIL!

    The fact of the matter is that both manufacturers experienced the same problem due to a common supplier, and handled the situation the same way!

  12. by avatar commanderkai
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:08 pm
    The one thing I'm curious about is if it's standard practice to send working parts to the factories instead of the dealers first.

  13. by avatar poquas
    Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:43 pm
    "Gunnair" said
    How many times must it be said? It takes 10 minutes to fix the problem. 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Free of charge. 10 minutes. :roll:


    Doesn't matter to the shitiots out there looking for any reason to engage in thinly disguised racism.

    It's not very thinly disguised.

  14. by avatar stemmer
    Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:56 am
    As I've said before I have nothing against Asian people. I have hwever great disdain for the unfair trade policies and protectionism of Japan...



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