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Toyota to recall 533,000 SUVs, trucks
CNNMoney.com ^ | 1/19/2007 | Reuters

Posted on 01/19/2007 6:14:25 AM PST by eraser2005

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to recall about 533,000 Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickup trucks in the United States to repair faulty components that could make the vehicles difficult to steer.

Six injuries and 11 accidents were reported as a result of the defect, Japan's top automaker said Friday.

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KEYWORDS: recall; toyota
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To: Leo Farnsworth

"Toyota often announces a 'recall' even if no one has complained. Toyota wants really good cars out there. And they have earned a superb reputation."

Bull! And the class action lawsuit against toileta covering about 3.5 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles a couple weeks ago? Was that a voluntary too Of course that was quite low key in the hate-America media.


41 posted on 01/19/2007 8:01:32 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Proud2BeRight
Excuse me, I don't own a Japanese vehicle.

My Ford F-150 (not the krispy kritter pictured above, that was a neighbor's) was *less* reliable and recalled more than this, which is my daily driver. And that says a lot about Fords.

I also have a Jeep that's betrayed me for the last time and is going up for sale.

42 posted on 01/19/2007 8:02:42 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Leo Farnsworth

My Duramax will make a Toyota pickup look like a Soap Box Derby cart any day, anywhere.

They are wannabees at best.


43 posted on 01/19/2007 8:06:00 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Show me a 'true' Conservative and I'll show you someone with bad knees)
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To: Spktyr

Why not Google "toyota tundra ball joint problem" (without the quotes) and see what you find. This isn't a new problem. By any chance, do you work for a Toyota stealership?


44 posted on 01/19/2007 8:07:08 AM PST by Fresh Wind (All we are sa-a-a-ying, is give Beast a chance.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

If you're talking about the action regarding oil sludging/gelling, I've got news for you. Toyota was not the only manufacturer with that problem (though they did handle it remarkably badly). VW, Ford, GM, and DC all have had problems with this, and I suspect DC is about to be the subject of the next class action on the subject.

The new superlight-weight oils are *not* good.


45 posted on 01/19/2007 8:08:15 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Nope. Never have.

The ball joints were made by Federal Mogul and are identical to the ones used on (drumroll) the GM full size pickups! Which also have the same problem and also haven't been recalled.


46 posted on 01/19/2007 8:09:22 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: MeanWestTexan

"So I guess Chevy's should be called burrito burners, since the frame and chasis and engine are all made and assembeled in Mexico?"

Don't give me that. GM alone employs more Americans than all the riceburner companies combined. A few low-level assembly jobs at an automated factory don't make a riceburner "American". Behind each vehicle is an entire corporate infrastructure that the Jap car makers conveniently omit in their propaganda. The real jobs and the corporate profits go to Japan. They sure do a good job of blitzing the public with slick advertising, though.

Justify your Jap car purchase any way you want. I buy American.


47 posted on 01/19/2007 8:10:00 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Your Duramax's engine is made by Isuzu.

And it's a POS, because it's an ill-engineered all-aluminum diesel that loves to blow headgaskets.


48 posted on 01/19/2007 8:10:18 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Not really - seen the latest employment figures? GM employs less than 200,000 people. Toyota alone employs almost that many directly.

And most of the Asian car companies actually have their design studios here in the States.


49 posted on 01/19/2007 8:12:13 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Proud2BeRight
Dude, what's with the hostility? I drive what works and especially, what's reliable. I've had very good experiences
with the Toyotas in our family. Re: Post #15. My next truck needs to be larger and I would consider Ford, but with what I still hear about their quality, and also their sycophant obsession with the homo lobby I'll probably stick with Toyota.
50 posted on 01/19/2007 8:12:57 AM PST by stevio (God, Guns, and Guts made America. A politician against any of the 3 doesn't get my vote. (NRA))
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To: Fresh Wind

And in the interests of fair disclosure, I should mention that I have done some IT work in both the GM Arlington plant and for a Toyota supplier (who also supplies Ford, GM, DC, etc., etc.)


51 posted on 01/19/2007 8:13:51 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: raybbr

>>These were made in Indiana.<<

Which may explain the recall.


52 posted on 01/19/2007 8:16:41 AM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in 1938.)
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To: Made In The USA

"Good. I hate Japanese cars"

Good, we can ignore any further comments from you as being completely biased, then.


53 posted on 01/19/2007 8:18:59 AM PST by -YYZ-
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To: stevio

"Dude" I just love to throw barbs at the riceburner religion and watch the worshipper go nuts. People can badmouth American cars relentlessly but as soon as anything is said bad about a riceburner, they are like deer-in-the- headlights; total disbelief that anyone could blaspheme there sacred vehicles.


54 posted on 01/19/2007 8:21:31 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Made In The USA

Study up a bit on W.E. Deming. Japan took his ideas to heart after studying them to death and yes ..made a near religion out of it. Meanwhile Detroit laughed and for 40+ years turned out cars with "style" etc.. The fundamental differences between the two manufacturing approaches is not trivial. Toyota etc will continues to kick Detroit's butt for years to come...the empty suits still don't get it.


55 posted on 01/19/2007 8:21:48 AM PST by InkYouBuss_007 (This one is escaping the Cuckoo's nest)
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To: Spktyr
"And most of the Asian car companies actually have their design studios here in the States."

Not precisely true. Their advanced design studios are mostly in California, such as Calty, etc. They do produce many of the company's designs, but the main design studios are in Japan. I am an industrial designer and while I don't design cars I know a bit about who's working where.
56 posted on 01/19/2007 8:22:37 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: InkYouBuss_007

Exactly. GM is just *now* learning that putting a crappy interior into an otherwise acceptable vehicle = no sales.


57 posted on 01/19/2007 8:23:25 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

You need therapy to get over your anger issues with the Japanese and Japanese vehicles. Really.


58 posted on 01/19/2007 8:23:57 AM PST by -YYZ-
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To: SoCal Pubbie

I type corrected, then.


59 posted on 01/19/2007 8:24:09 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

"Exactly. GM is just *now* learning that putting a crappy interior into an otherwise acceptable vehicle = no sales."

Are you saying the interior of riceburners is attractive?


60 posted on 01/19/2007 8:26:58 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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