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Toyota Recalls 16K Vehicles Over Loss of Stability Control, Seatbelt Issue
Toyota is recalling around 16,890 vehicles over two seperate issues.
Toyota Issues Another Massive Recall for Takata Airbags
Toyota has issued another large recall for cars that have defective airbags made by Takata.
Toyota Issues Two Recalls Covering 112K Vehicles
Toyota has announced two new recall campaigns.
Toyota Prius Recall Affects 1.9M
Toyota is recalling a total of about 1.9 million Prius hybrids worldwide due to a software glitch that can cause the cars to shutdown unexpectedly.
Toyota Halts Sales of Eight Models Over Safety Hazard
Toyota is informing its North American dealers to stop selling almost every model it offers while a fire risk is being assessed.
Toyota FJ Cruiser Recalled for Seatbelt Problems
Toyota just announced a recall for roughly 209,000 FJ Cruisers to fix a problem with the seat belt retractor.
Toyota Recalls 1 Million Vehicles, Corolla, Matrix and IS Affected
Toyota announced two separate voluntary recalls on Wednesday, the first one for about 270,000 Lexus IS vehicles, while the second recall is for 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles.
Toyota Recalling 3,235 Units for Faulty Occupant Sensing System
Toyota announced a recall today that affects 3,235 units, and concerns the occupant sensing system in the passenger seats.
Toyota to pay NHTSA $17M for Untimely Defect Reporting
Toyota has agreed to pay $17.35 million to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) over claims from the agency that the Japanese automaker failed to report vehicle defects to the federal government in a timely manner.
2011 Toyota Recalls Affected Over 3.5 Million Vehicles
For the third year in a row, Toyota‘s recall campaigns affected the most vehicles compared to any other automaker in 2011. With 13 campaigns launched in 2011, Toyota recalled over 3.5 million vehicles while GM issued the greatest number of recalls with 21. General Motors’ affected vehicle total was only 455,901 despite the overwhelming number…
Honda, Toyota Falling Behind in Key Market Segments
According to Eric Nobel, of the Orange, California based consulting firm The Car Lab, both Honda and Toyota are losing ground because their products haven’t been competitive in crucial market segments since the first half of the last decade.
Whistleblower Ordered to Pay Toyota $2.6 Million in Damages
The damages awarded to Toyota include $2.5 million for unauthorized disclosures of confidential information as well as $100,000 in punitive damages. Taylor also issued Biller instructions to return the confidential documents he obtained while employed by Toyota.
2010 Comes Up Short of All-Time Recall Record – Surprisingly
Toyota’s highly publicized woes, including hearings before congress fueled much of recall ‘mania’ in 2010, while a number of other automakers, including Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda and Nissan, also issued a number of bulletins, yet, despite a total of 136 separate recall programs, spread across 17.2 million vehicles, 2010 still wasn’t a record year.
2011 Toyota Sienna Recalled for Brake Issues, But Not What You Think
Toyota has just announced a recall for it’s new ‘Swagger Wagon’ Sienna minivan for an issue related to the braking system. Unrelated to any past brake recalls the recall involves the parking brake bracket that could become damaged by repeated use of the foot-actuated parking brake pedal. Toyota warns that damage to the bracket could…
Toyota Opens Six Product Quality Field Offices to Bolster Image, Address Customer Concerns
Toyota has announced that it will open six new product quality field offices (PQFOs) in different regions in North America next month, as it continues to reclaim its long-standing reputation for building quality vehicles. Earlier this year, Toyota opened its first such field office in New York and is set to open a second one…
‘Toyota: The Run Away Musical Hit’ Will Have You Laughing Out of Control
Toyota‘s had a rough year, with recalls, fines, and a brand image that has taken a Tito Ortiz-style punch to the jugular, and the latest jab comes from Minneapolis, MO’s Brave New Workshop, former stomping ground of Senator and political satirist Al Franken. “Toyota: The Runaway Musical Hit” has become quite the hot ticket in…
