Somehow, Toyota can't manage to avoid the previous problems, especially when it comes to mentioning legal repercussions of the unintended acceleration situation. Boy did I ever say that politically. Toyota screwed up big time and they paid through the nose for it. Through the nose is still a subjective term, while the sum of money seems immense to most of...
In the olden days, in good quality movies it was impossible to kill the baddie. In present times however, things have slightly changed. For Toyota at least, the baddie was their enormous and unrivaled recall for unintended acceleration problems. While they have "killed the recall off" some problems it generated keep cropping up. The latest in the long line of...
The Japanese manufacturer Toyota is hit by another recall, this time regarding steering problems. The recall affects the models sold in U.S., two models being in disscusion: Toyota Avalon, just the models manufactured between 2000 and 2004 and Lexus LX470, the models manufactured between 2003 and 2007. We can see that the Japanese manufacturer is still hit by recalls, a...
Toyota has had a series of recall issues which seem rather problematic to get rid of. This is because another two recalls have been announced by the Japanese manufacturer: one regarding the Lexus LX 470 and another the Avalon model. Toyota engineers discovered a problem with a snap ring found on Lexus LX 470 SUVs dating from 2003 to 2007,...
The Japanese officials admitted that around 270,000 vehicles sold globally including Lexus models, reported engine trouble. The engine may stop while driving the car. After being hit by a massive recall earlier this year, when they had to recall about 8 million vehicles due to acceleration problems, now, the Japanese at Toyota are facing a new problem. This time Toyota...
Toyota has received dozens of complaints in North America and Japan on braking issues of the popular Prius hybrid. Toyota is a pioneer in terms of ecological models and any questions about security of the Prius hybrid could be a major setback to its efforts to recover from heavy losses caused by the recall of approximately 9.6 million cars worldwide....
