Toyota recalls 206,388 Corolla Versos in Europe, elsewhere

[Psionic Wibbly]

Toyota recalls 206,388 Corolla Versos in Europe, other regions

Last Update: 6:49 AM ET Jul 25, 2006

TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO) said Tuesday that it's recalling 206,388 units of its Corolla Verso model that it produced at a plant in Turkey due to a faulty switch that can manually control the operation of the front seat airbag.
The vehicles being recalled were produced between January 2004 and May 2006 and sold in Europe, Africa and other regions. No accidents were reported due to the faulty switch, a Toyota spokeswoman said.
With the faulty switch, the front seat airbag may open even as if the airbag switch is turned off.

full article....

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Stor...41C81CAAFC7%7D

[cadillacpimpin]

im really scared now for people that drive toyotas. like genuinely worried. a few of my non immediate family members, drive toyotas. and im just wondering what else is going to go wrong that is toyota. granted not all their recalls are in america, some are. and still what about all those other people... i think maybe toyota is staregically releasing all these recalls at once, so that say next year, they can claim that they have reduced recalls by a bagillion %

[asim]

Man...Toyota should get the Recall award for the year.

[sgfootball2006]

Toyota: Class leader in recalls

[guitarlix]

It's almost as if they were saving all the recalls from past years for this year.

[give_it_all_]

Wow! Yet another recall from the "perfect" Toyota....

[minnfang]

Originally Posted by guitarlix

It's almost as if they were saving all the recalls from past years for this year.

They were "saving" recalls - and the three Toyota quality management clowns in Japan who are responsible for it are now under investigation. Looks like someone there is now reviewing their work and issuing recalls as deemed necessary.

[CRBoyd91]

So much for "Toyota Quality."

[VGT]

Nothing to see here people. Toyota's are perfect and will solve all the world's problems. Move along.

[Sparta]

Toyota is just on an awesome streak!

[GM-Joe]

that company is a joke...

they should do a new movie and let Arnold Schwartenegger be the CEO and call it Total Recall 2006

[grayhorse]

This is what Toyota called "TRD" which stands for "TOYOTA RECALLS DAILY."

[GM-Joe]

Toyota is beginning to sound a little like Mitsubishi; Toyota may fall apart in the next year or two, you just never know!

[Quickening]

I wasn't joking when I said Toyota is having weekly recalls now..jesus.

[stormwatcher]

Originally Posted by cadillacpimpin

im really scared now for people that drive toyotas. like genuinely worried. a few of my non immediate family members, drive toyotas. and im just wondering what else is going to go wrong that is toyota. granted not all their recalls are in america, some are. and still what about all those other people... i think maybe toyota is staregically releasing all these recalls at once, so that say next year, they can claim that they have reduced recalls by a bagillion %

Scared? You shouldn't be.

It is interesting this current trend of reporting on Toyota recalls from everywhere around the world. No one ever reports GM recalls here from Europe, Australia or Asia. Why this double standard concerning Toyota? Let's stick to reporting recalls on vehicles in North America.

And if we report on recalls affecting vehicles in North America, what do we find? The honest stats reported by tgferg67 in another thread, give a much more accurate picture regarding recent recalls:

Originally Posted by tgferg67

For all the hoopla over Toyota recalls, they have proportionally the same amount of recalls as GM for 2006 in the U.S. market.

Toyota 786,812 recalls @ 15% market share
GM 1,309,531 recalls @ 24.4% market share

GM has 1.66 times the recalls of Toyota
GM has 1.63 times the market share of Toyota as of June.


Toyota 2006 U.S. market recalls
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1-25 3,851 Lexus RX3300(seat belt anchor)
2-27 12,227 Tacoma(tire bead)
4-12 29,000 Lexus GS/IS(seatbelt)
5-30 170,000 Prius(steering shaft assy)
6-26 9,434 FJ Cruiser(tires)
7-10 160,000 Tundra(latch-airbag)
7-12 367,600 Highlander/Lexus RX(clips-console panel)
7-18 34,700 Echo/Prius(crank position sensor)

GM 2006 U.S. market recalls
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1-1 1,327 Cadillac STS(vehicle speed control)
1-20 17,462 Cadillac STX/CTS(fuel level warning)
3-10 805,368 Silverado/Sierra(tailgate cable)-84 injuries
4-4 12,862 Lucerne/DTX(power steering)
4-19 23,077 Cadillac SRX/STX(rear suspension)
4-20 11,886 Saab 9-3(Fuel line bracket)
5-1 404,733 Colorado/Canyon/Isuzu(brake lights)
5-24 30,793 Corvette(roof)
6-14 2,023 Impala(seats)

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