More Toyota Recalls: Corolla Electric Steering Problems now...

[resq302]

And now they are having problems with the power steering in the Toyota Corolla's.   Sheesh.

[Brock Samson]

 And,.. now the Tundra/Sequoia is under review as well.
10K vehicles recalled for cracking front driveshafts.
Plants being idled across the U.S.
http://www.examiner.com/x-38702-Product-Recall-Examiner~y2010m2d12-Toyota-recall-8000-2010-Tacoma-trucks-for-faulty-drive-shaft.

[Ghoste]

Didn't they already dodge a bullet in their truck line with frames cracking or something to that effect?

[The70RT]

Didn't they already dodge a bullet in their truck line with frames cracking or something to that effect?

Yeah rusted out frames - http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/11/24/toyota-frame-rust-recall-only-partial-fix/

[Mike DC]

     
I'll bet Honda is loving this. 


And Toyota's stock is probably gonna be undervalued for a while. 

[Brock Samson]

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  "I have the original 2001 Prius, which was featured on the front page of SF Chron in 2001 because it was such an unusual concept at the time. Sadly, I found out yesterday that I'm being penalized for being an early adopter to the tune of $3700. That is the replacement cost (including installation) of the battery which has an 8 year warranty. The warranty was upped to 10 years in 2004 but Toyota did not grandfather earlier vehicles. More about this at   http://bit.ly/51EK0S

Looking at some owner bulletin boards on the web, it appears I may have shortened the life of the battery by allowing it to sit for a period of time till the battery discharges. But, I don't think you should have to babysit your battery.

My new $3700 battery has a 12 month warranty. Guess that tells you something."
 

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My new $3700 battery has a 12 month warranty. Guess that tells you something."
 

   Man that just sounds wrong, wrong, wrong.......   

[Ghoste]

I don't even feel slightly sorry for him.  That is exactly the kind of thing people have been trying to say since the greens started this whole mad campaign to go electric "RIGHTNOWTHISVERYSECONDWEDONTCAREIFTHETECHNOLOGYEXISTSJUSTDOITDAMMIT!!!!!!!!!"
It doesn't mean the technology should not be pursued.  And shame on Toyota for going to greatlengths to get those Pious's out there just so they could hump them for good press.  It worked, people slammed the Big Three for not having such wonderful planet savers on their lots too and then they cry when the reality of their hype influenced buying decision hits home.

[Silver R/T]

I don't even feel slightly sorry for him.  That is exactly the kind of thing people have been trying to say since the greens started this whole mad campaign to go electric "RIGHTNOWTHISVERYSECONDWEDONTCAREIFTHETECHNOLOGYEXISTSJUSTDOITDAMMIT!!!!!!!!!"
It doesn't mean the technology should not be pursued.  And shame on Toyota for going to greatlengths to get those Pious's out there just so they could hump them for good press.  It worked, people slammed the Big Three for not having such wonderful planet savers on their lots too and then they cry when the reality of their hype influenced buying decision hits home.

x2 Toyota is back in stone age from having all these problems happen. Americans should go back to buying from big 3 and improve our own economy rather than giving Japan hard earned dollars.

[Mike DC]

     

The battery thing isn't gonna be tied up in a pretty consumer-friendly bow for many years to come.  They have to start somewhere but of course they went too far too fast.  They should have sold that car in limited quantities for a bunch of years before widening the spread of those vehicles.  


I don't hate Toyota for doing this.  They're no better or worse than any other huge corporation.  But I do think that they're being given miles of slack that Detroit would NEVER have been given for a problem half this extensive & dangerous.

   

[resq302]

Thats been my whole thing with these new hybrid cars.  When, and we all know that batteries have a limited life span, these batteries go, how much will they cost and what will they do to the landfills?  Lets face it, the money that you save in fuel you are going to be shelling out for a new battery.  Wonder what the tree huggers will be saying about this when the time comes to start disposing of all the batteries when they crap out all at once.

[stripedelete]

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  "Sadly, I found out yesterday that I'm being penalized for being an early adopter"
 

In early adapters always get burned.  Look at the prices of anything at introduction verses five years later.  They are a personality type and will always be early adapters.  We used to refer to the "leading edge" of technology as the "bloody edge".   

Anyway, I am not a Toyota hater or lover.  I agree that they have been given more slack than the domestics.  I also agree that their crappy churn-and-burn supplier model/strategy may have finally come back to bite them.   I'm even going to get a few kicks in while they're down.  But, I wonder if this embarrassing meltown will drive them to run away with industry for the next twenty years.

[Brock Samson]

just wait,..  till JBB666 is gonna be the first to buy his volt... 

[Ghoste]

Thats been my whole thing with these new hybrid cars.  When, and we all know that batteries have a limited life span, these batteries go, how much will they cost and what will they do to the landfills?  Lets face it, the money that you save in fuel you are going to be shelling out for a new battery.  Wonder what the tree huggers will be saying about this when the time comes to start disposing of all the batteries when they crap out all at once.

ABSOLUTELY!!