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Toyota Does Right When They Do Wrong-- Prius Recall
PanAsianBiz ^ | June 5, 2006 | Dr. Bill Belew

Posted on 06/07/2006 10:27:19 AM PDT by G. Stolyarov II

Toyota is planning to voluntarily recall about 2/3 of the Prius cars they have made.

Someone in Japan learned that when you turn the steeling wheel and drive real slow into a curb, it can break something in the steering mechanism. Trust me, you drive very slowly in Japan a lot, with the steering wheel turned all the way the left or right.

Usually, its bad business for a car company to do something like this. However, Toyota is sucking it up, making the changes on their own dime BEFORE a tire blows out, or a car rolls over and kills someone. By doing so, Toyota earns points for doing the fix.

That's the way a quality company does business, I think.

What do you think?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automobiles; cars; consumer; consumersafety; corporation; corporations; cowbell; industry; needscowbell; prius; recall; safetyprecautions; toyota
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To: G. Stolyarov II

Dude give me break, I am a graduate student in Manufacturing at kettering university. I am also a field grade US Army Acquisition Officer. I love how everyone talks about china and other asian countries. Wake up, the communist chinese are not our friends! If you think that buying cheap products from China-Mart is a good thing, you need to read a few more econ. books. What we need is more innovative companies less gov regulation, a can do american attitude. We also need pragmatic consumers and politicians. Since when do we consumers need more dollar stores?


21 posted on 06/07/2006 11:09:39 AM PDT by PRO USA1776
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To: Beckwith

Beckwith I am with you. They butchered Americans and got away with it. I don't want to make this a JAPanese- VS US discussion. However, I hear a lot of talk about less reliance on foreign energy, how about less foreign reliance on foreign companies? More competition is good, I would like to see more of it in ASIA.


22 posted on 06/07/2006 11:12:10 AM PDT by PRO USA1776
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To: eraser2005
Ford is probably the most under-appreciated car manufacturer of them all. Everyone has their own horror stories about one manufacturer or another, but I've found that Ford has been a pleasant surprise over the years when it comes to this kind of thing.

I've also found that Ford apparently makes very safe cars these days, since my insurance quotes for new Ford vehicles are noticeably lower than quotes for comparable vehicles built by their competitors.

23 posted on 06/07/2006 11:48:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: Alberta's Child
I've also found that Ford apparently makes very safe cars these days, since my insurance quotes for new Ford vehicles are noticeably lower than quotes for comparable vehicles built by their competitors.
That's certainly the truth! Back when I bought the Taurus, Ford had more 5 star crash test ratings than all other manufacturers combined. The insurance rates on that thing are ridiculously low. Now, I wouldn't describe it as refined by modern standards, but it is a 9 year old car, after all.... :)
24 posted on 06/07/2006 11:57:46 AM PDT by eraser2005
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To: Beckwith

You would think that people wouldn't be buying cars from the same company that made the Jap Zeros that attacked Pearl Harbor but go figure.


25 posted on 06/07/2006 12:08:09 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: G. Stolyarov II
Al Gore said we all need new Cuban car boats due to global weather, so these Toyotas are useless for our wet future.


26 posted on 06/07/2006 12:12:33 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Chi-townChief
My daughter bought a Mitsubishi. I almost had a heart attack. They made these:



27 posted on 06/07/2006 12:33:08 PM PDT by Beckwith (The liberal media has picked sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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