Automotive News, Media & Press - Another Toyota Recall...

...just doing my part to make sure that both sides get equal coverage:

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2009/08/toyota_recalls_95700_vehicles.html


Toyota Recalls 95,700 Vehicles Due to Braking Issue in Cold Weather

Toyota has issued a recall of 95,700 vehicles to fix an issue with the braking system that could fail in extremely cold temperatures.

The effected vehicles are the 2009 and 2010 Corolla and Matrix and 2008-2009 Scion xD models. Toyota claims that in very low temperatures condensed moisture from the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) port may seep into the brake system vacuum port and freeze. If the moisture continues to build up ice could form on the brake system vacuum port and eventually plug the vacuum port. The accumulation of ice could eventually reduce braking performance leading to longer braking distances.

Toyota dealers will install a newly designed intake air connector which relocates the brake system vacuum port. Owners in 19 of the coldest states will begin receiving the recall notices next month.

PRESS RELEASE:

TOYOTA ANNOUNCES SAFETY RECALL ON SELECT VEHICLES

Torrance, Calif., August 26, 2009 -- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will launch
a voluntary Safety Recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) involving approximately 95,700 Toyota and Scion vehicles sold in the United
States.
On certain 2009 and 2010 model year Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, and 2008 and 2009 Scion xD vehicles all equipped with 1.8 liter engines, Toyota has determined that if the vehicle is operated in extremely low ambient temperatures, there is a possibility that condensed moisture from the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) port may seep into the brake system vacuum port and freeze. Should this condition continue, ice may slowly accumulate at the brake system vacuum port and in the extreme case, ultimately plug the vacuum port. As a result of the accumulation of ice, power assist to the brakes would gradually decrease and lead to lengthened vehicle stopping distances.

Since this condition only manifests in extremely low ambient temperatures, vehicle owners from 19 affected states will begin receiving a Safety Recall Notification via first class mail in early September, 2009. Those states are: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Toyota dealers
will install a newly designed intake air connector which relocates the brake system vacuum port. The repair will take approximately one hour, depending on the dealers work schedule, at no charge to the vehicle owner.
No other Lexus, Toyota, or Scion vehicles are involved. Customers with questions or concerns should contact the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331 or the Scion Customer Experience at 1-866-70SCION(707-2466).

Recall them back to Japan.

Not bad... they caught the problem early.

1-2 years. Super fast!! (A 08 MY car is typically produced in 07, it is 09)

Yes... and some of the cars covered came out in '09. It usually takes manufacturers several years to catch problems, so 1-2 years definitely isn't bad.

I would like to know how many people traded in a "clunker" on these models just to get a recall a month later. Just out of curiosity, lol.

Larry

I would like to know how many people traded in a "clunker" on these models just to get a recall a month later. Just out of curiosity, lol.

Larry

:lol: that might be quite ironic.

Even if they did and got a recall, who cares, nothing out of pocket for them.

I would like to know how many people traded in a "clunker" on these models just to get a recall a month later. Just out of curiosity, lol.

Larry
"I would like to know how many people traded in a "clunker" on these models just to get a recall a month later. Just out of curiosity, lol."
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/13/gm-recall-affects-277-000-models-with-shifter-problem/
GM recall affects 277,000 models with shifter problem
:lol: that might be quite ironic.

Even if they did and got a recall, who cares, nothing out of pocket for them.

this is just tit-for-tat crap.
for every recall that someone can post there will be a GM recall that could also be posted.

this is just tit-for-tat crap.
for every recall that someone can post there will be a GM recall that could also be posted.

Do you have a point here or do you just waste everyone's time? That GM recall you posted is from 6 months ago. Here is a list of all the recalls Toyota has announced in that time and the number of vehicles affected.

1.35 million
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50R10U20090128

12,000
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=151749

58,000
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/28/yaris-recall.html

688,000
http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-recalls-more-than-688000-vehicles-in-china.html

95,000
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=155987

Toyota has actually recalled more vehicles this year in China than it has sold.

I know you're here just to stir up shit, and if you're going to do that, you've got to step up your game, cause what you've tried so far just won't cut it. I know a few members here that could probably help you out with that.

Just another bunch of Foreign car nut swingers who watched too much F&F.

Do you actually read what people post?

1.35 million
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50R10U20090128

There we go, Toyota beating GM in recall tally field too...:violin::jest:

This winter I'll be wary of toyota drivers behind me.

...just doing my part to make sure that both sides get equal coverage:Do you have a point here or do you just waste everyone's time? That GM recall you posted is from 6 months ago. Here is a list of all the recalls Toyota has announced in that time and the number of vehicles affected.

1.35 million
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50R10U20090128

12,000
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=151749

58,000
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/28/yaris-recall.html

688,000
http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-recalls-more-than-688000-vehicles-in-china.html

95,000
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=155987

Toyota has actually recalled more vehicles this year in China than it has sold.

I know you're here just to stir up shit, and if you're going to do that, you've got to step up your game, cause what you've tried so far just won't cut it. I know a few members here that could probably help you out with that.:werd: ;)

at least its a recall, and not a TSB (a bitter bubbly sail panel vicitm)

Recall them back to Japan.

x2 very well spoken!!!:D

at least its a recall, and not a TSB (a bitter bubbly sail panel vicitm)


AMEN BROTHER!
After 40,000 I got bubbles under my hood. I went in to a couple of different GM dealers with the TSB and they did shit, they blamed it on 1) I must have done something 2) My headers were the problem. at 60,000 I got the bubbles on the sail panel, again I went in and tried and they did nothing. This time it was because I didn't use the correct wax on the car. I asked them what the correct wax was then, and they pointed to their GM branded crap on the wall.

I was even lucky if I could get them to punch in the number in to their machine and see if they could find the TSB.

I'll take a recall anyday of the week.

at least its a recall, and not a tsb (a bitter bubbly sail panel vicitm)
uhhhuhhhh

at least its a recall, and not a TSB (a bitter bubbly sail panel vicitm)

Count me among the bitter.

I love the fact that bringing up toyota recalls ends with a topic on how bad minor GM problems are...wonder what toyotas secret is.

I never understood Toyota's secret until I owned one...

...and the sail panel issue isn't exactly minor when it happens to your car. I thought people were blowing it way out of proportion until it happened to mine, and watched GM wash their hands of the entire thing.

I never understood Toyota's secret until I owned one...

...and now you realize that all the hype is BS?

...and the sail panel issue isn't exactly minor when it happens to your car. I thought people were blowing it way out of proportion until it happened to mine, and watched GM wash their hands of the entire thing.

Try getting any paint issues (or FRAME issues, for that matter) fixed by Toyota. You'll notice some major similarities to the sail panel issue. Paint problems are VERY expensive for auto manufacturers, they ALL avoid them like the plague.

A coworker of mine took his truck in because there was a hole rusted in the frame so large that you could fit a fully unfolded dollar bill through it. The dealer told him that he should have gotten the undercoating package when he bought it, because that's what frames on new trucks do. He had to go back with a lawyer and papers about the recall to get them to listen. Even after that, he ended up going to a different dealer to get it done.

...and now you realize that all the hype is BS?


Everyone has a "friend" that has had a horror story with one brand or another...for me, my overall experience has been much better with my truck than it ever was with my Camaro. I still love my Camaro to death, and I still really enjoy driving it, but I'd have a hard time justifying buying another Chevy product unless it was something really special, or they really stepped up their quality (which it looks like they have in the past few years).

It is amazing how one bad experience can taint a person's view of a company...unfortunately for me, my tainted experience was with GM.

It is amazing how one bad experience can taint a person's view of a company...unfortunately for me, my tainted experience was with GM.

...and that's the problem right there. Just like you mentioned with the "friend" story of mine, it seems that everyone has had ONE bad american car and that was enough to turn them to imports for life. Yet they can have several problem imports, and that still won't send them back to American cars.

If you can confidently write off a manufacturer because you bought one bad example of a product of theirs, then you probably don't have alot of places to shop these days. From my experience, the world is about 90% junk, 10% quality.

Everyone has a "friend" that has had a horror story with one brand or another...for me, my overall experience has been much better with my truck than it ever was with my Camaro. I still love my Camaro to death, and I still really enjoy driving it, but I'd have a hard time justifying buying another Chevy product unless it was something really special, or they really stepped up their quality (which it looks like they have in the past few years).

It is amazing how one bad experience can taint a person's view of a company...unfortunately for me, my tainted experience was with GM.

Until your tacoma rusts out... :P

ill just say this. I ve owned three toyota vehicles in my life two celicas which where given to me by my father, and a lexus sc 300, an 88 300 zx,a 5.0 mustang and two pontiac trans am's a lt1 and my current ls1. I drive alot and when i sold my celicas, one back to my dad they both had well over 200,000 miles on them original engines and trannies my first one was a 85 and had 270k on the clock the other had 230k both where awesomely reliable, i then bought a mustang with 110k burned up altenators like crazy six in 5 months, but other than that it was ok, my lt1 was utter crap thrown rod whining rear and horrible vibrating driveshaft, my toyota built lexus had 150,000 when i sold it but had mutiple problems with it brake master, caliper came loose,very dangerous, cam seals and others by far worst toyota product i owned. My current ls1 with 148k, just peachy damn well built engine the ls1 is although the t tops on my 10 year older z seal up way better in the rain. My point being for the most part toyota and GM and the others like honda and so forth can build a good car with exceptions on all sides so i see no point in bashing toyota or GM unless its a damn Mitsubishi those cars are utter CRAP!!!!