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GM blames recall on Toyota supplier
Financial Times ^ | 3-2-2010 | Bernard Simon in Toronto

Posted on 03/03/2010 7:19:34 AM PST by rawhide

General Motors has blamed a supplier partly owned by Toyota for a faulty car part that led to the recall of 1.3m Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in North America.

Bob Lutz, GM’s vice-chairman, on Tuesday told the BBC in Geneva that the supplier – separately identified as JTEKT, a joint venture between Toyoda Machine Works and Koyo Seiko – had not met “all requirements for reliability and durability”...

...GM announced that it was recalling 1.3m cars in North America due to a power steering problem linked to 14 crashes.

US regulators opened a probe in January into 905,000 Cobalt models in the US after receiving more than 1,100 complaints of power steering failures.

GM said the vehicles could still be “safely controlled” but greater effort might be needed under 15mph. Drivers would see a warning light and hear a chime if the steering failed.

JTEKT is based in Japan but has five manufacturing plants in the US. A call for comment to the company’s US head office in Michigan was not returned.

(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; blame; generalmotors; gm; lutz; recall; toyota
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1 posted on 03/03/2010 7:19:35 AM PST by rawhide
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To: rawhide

The memo got lost, they’re supposed to blame Bush.


2 posted on 03/03/2010 7:20:49 AM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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To: rawhide

Blame Toyota - What a cowardly P.O.S.


3 posted on 03/03/2010 7:21:32 AM PST by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded, my brains fell out.)
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To: rawhide

Dear Leader promised transparency....and it is completely TRANSPARENT that that the obama government is trying to destroy Toyota’s reputation.


4 posted on 03/03/2010 7:21:48 AM PST by Josa
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To: rawhide

Yep, that has become as credible as “the excesses of the previous administration”..


5 posted on 03/03/2010 7:22:20 AM PST by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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To: rawhide

I’m no GM fan, but it does seem likely that it’s the truth. GM and Toyota have been doing business for a while. The Geo Prizm was a rebadged Toyota Corolla. The Pontiac Vibe is a Toyota Matrix.


6 posted on 03/03/2010 7:23:31 AM PST by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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To: GeronL

I remember whne we were kids and we’d always blame someone else. When does taking accountabilty/responsibility start under this administration?


7 posted on 03/03/2010 7:25:27 AM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: rawhide
My Japanese daughter-in-law said that the part that failed on the Toyota was the only part made in the U.S. I'm sure she read that in the Japanese news she reads, so I'm just saying what she told me.

If that's true, I wouldn't put it past the union or BO to have set this up.

8 posted on 03/03/2010 7:26:32 AM PST by YellowRoseofTx (Evil is not the opposite of God; it's the absence of God)
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To: rawhide
Blaming a supplier for a problem is unacceptable because the customer expects GM to take responsibility for products wearing its emblem.

The bottom line is that GM should have controls in place to test all product components whether internally produced or externally supplied.

And though this product might have been externally supplied, who designed it (probably GM). And was the problem with the design or did the supplier deviate from the design specs.

9 posted on 03/03/2010 7:29:10 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: rawhide

Give me a break. GM saying that others do not meet durability, etc standards is sort of like Gore saying he actually understands science.


10 posted on 03/03/2010 7:29:53 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: rawhide

You can always identify the Left in action. Rather than improve their product, Government Motors and their masters must level the playing field by reducing the competition. Regardless, Chevy’s are still POS.


11 posted on 03/03/2010 7:30:29 AM PST by throwback
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Wow Obama thinks people really are sooo stupid they can’t see his ‘blame bush’ theory here....???


12 posted on 03/03/2010 7:32:07 AM PST by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: GeronL

Obama motors blaming someone else for their problems. Who would have thought?


13 posted on 03/03/2010 7:32:15 AM PST by Roklok
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To: rawhide

Ford and Toyota are going to do just fine after the assaults by Obama’s thugs and thug media.


14 posted on 03/03/2010 7:32:55 AM PST by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: illiac
When does taking accountabilty/responsibility start under this administration?

Never (unless something positive occurs and Obummer can spin it as his achievement).
15 posted on 03/03/2010 7:33:12 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
It is all a matter of where the quality dial setting is at any given factory at any given time.

Back in the 80's Toyota's image was tarnished by rust problem in the late 70's so they dialed up past 10(reference to Marshall guitar amps having a setting of 11).

I have a 1986 Toyota (daily driver) with 232,000 miles on it, still going strong.

I did have to replace some fuel line parts when ethanol came on line.

16 posted on 03/03/2010 7:48:07 AM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: Roklok

Yep, the CEO didn’t fall far from the one who appointed him. heh


17 posted on 03/03/2010 8:30:35 AM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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To: illiac

What did Bart Simpson say?

I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me. You can’t prove it.


18 posted on 03/03/2010 8:33:29 AM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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To: rawhide

This is frakin hialrious...blame Toyota...yeah, that works.
GM is an utter failure and I am still waiting for their thrashing before a Congressional hearing on their 1.3 mil car recall... *crickets*


19 posted on 03/03/2010 8:44:40 AM PST by cranked
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To: YellowRoseofTx

My BIL is a Toyota spokesman. Your DIL’s statement is correct. Toyota chose to take the high road and not point this fact out. Hopefully they’re learning that gentlemen’s rules of engagement are not viable when dealing with this administration.


20 posted on 03/03/2010 8:54:40 AM PST by ConservativeWarrior (In last year's nests, there are no birds this year.)
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