This is getting stupid now...
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jca21
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they're gonna recall the 2010's and say "oops, we were supposed to put a V8 in their for ya. lets just fix that up :hungry:"
seriously. this is blown way outta proportion. however, toyota will struggle through this and eventually come back out on top.
alaskaflyer
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Something is going on. Being an owner of a 2008 Tacoma and have experienced the acceleration problem myself I am a little concerned. It's no fun spending that much on a truck and having it do this, it's simply unacceptable. The funny thing is my Tacoma is only on the recall for the floormats, now my acceleration issue came with no floor mats in. I find myself driving with my hand near the shifter when I'm in the Tacoma so I can pop it in to neutral if I need to. I have always owned Toyotas and I believe they are one of the best car companies out there, but they need to figure this one out! I love the truck, almost as much as I love my 4runner.
My 4runner is not even in the recall and I drive expecting that it could happen just as a precaution. I would not put it passed any manufacturer in their position to be holding back on information in fear causing a mass exodus from the brand. I am definitely open to the theories that there is more to this acceleration problem then they are letting on. If there is any chance they have not been forth coming and we find out about it...wow...it will be extremely messy...
When 20 people have died because of something I take it very seriously. I would agree, however, that the media is going way overboard. Keeps these manufacturers in check though...
Cheers
Uneek
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I attribute the recalls to Toyota being complacent.
What's really silly about the '10 Tacoma recall is, the Tacoma has been around for five model years. How does this type of supplier issue surface this late in the product cycle? The only reason I can think of is cost cutting.
What's really silly about the '10 Tacoma recall is, the Tacoma has been around for five model years. How does this type of supplier issue surface this late in the product cycle? The only reason I can think of is cost cutting.
Two things come to mind--
First, any recall of a Toyota vehicle is going to immediately make headline news across the country. There's just so much media attention on the subject that it is ridiculous. I never paid much attention to Toyota recalls in the past because the only Toyota vehicle I've owned has been 4Runners. Now I'm aware of recall information about any/all Toyota vehicles because of the news media.
Secondly, I think Toyota is being very proactive with its recalls now because the company is trying to do damage control as far as its reputation is concerned. They've already been blasted in the media and by owners of affected vehicles, so it seems that they want to eliminate the possibility of that continuing in the near future by coming up with a way to fix any little issue on any of their vehicles. I'm not saying that this latest Tacoma issue is "little", but rather that Toyota is being very responsive now to any issue that may arise and has already arisen. It's all about protecting their brand.
First, any recall of a Toyota vehicle is going to immediately make headline news across the country. There's just so much media attention on the subject that it is ridiculous. I never paid much attention to Toyota recalls in the past because the only Toyota vehicle I've owned has been 4Runners. Now I'm aware of recall information about any/all Toyota vehicles because of the news media.
Secondly, I think Toyota is being very proactive with its recalls now because the company is trying to do damage control as far as its reputation is concerned. They've already been blasted in the media and by owners of affected vehicles, so it seems that they want to eliminate the possibility of that continuing in the near future by coming up with a way to fix any little issue on any of their vehicles. I'm not saying that this latest Tacoma issue is "little", but rather that Toyota is being very responsive now to any issue that may arise and has already arisen. It's all about protecting their brand.
BlairB
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It was not cost cutting. It was just a certain batch of driveshafts were not quite up to par. They soon figured this out so they recalled all the drive shafts in question.
Recalls have been going on forever, some small, some large. Now the media is bringing every single one of them up when they have ignored the numerous other recalls that would be put into place every year up until this point. The Floor Mat Recall is SSC 90L (Special Service Campaign 90L), in which the 90 represents the year and the L the specific recall. There had already been A, B, C, D.... up to L and then beyond for that year. The multiply this by every year and you can see how frequent recalls are. The media is trying to vilify Toyota and will use every recall that Toyota releases as "proof" of how terrible a company they have become, when in reality recalls are very normal, just given much less attention.
One little statistic that I found very telling was that of the 40 investigations into "defects" currently being performed by the NHTSA, only 3 had to do with Toyota!
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Uneek
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:iagree: The biggest problem for Toyota was timing of their recalls and they provided fuel for the fire.
One of the other 37 needs to be huge to remove spotlight off Toyota.
JohnsD90
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This one is stupid, all driveshafts are liable to detach from the vehicle, my friends have had theres come off. It is a wear and tear thing not something that should be recalled.
BlairB
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I think the recall is legitimate, the attention it is getting is not. Drive shafts falling out of vehicles due to wear and tear does happen in rare circumstances, but the parts in question on those Tacomas would fail VERY early, not after hundreds of thousands of miles. Under no normal circumstance should a drive shaft fail on a current model year vehicle (it is only the 2010's involved) and hence the recall.
