Toyota Motors affirms recall repairs almost completed

Oct 14, 2010
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Toyota Motors most recently announced that the auto repairs from the recalls are almost completed. The Toyota recalls severely tarnished the reputation of the business. The company has also come up with a fail-safe, which is reported to put a stop to unintended acceleration. Toyota Motors was grilled over the self accelerating vehicles.
Nearly completed with Toyota recalls
Toyota lately announced the recalled autos are nearly all repaired. In 15 recalls, about 5 million repairs were done reports USA Today. Of those recalled automobiles, almost 3.9 million are fixed. Toyota is almost completed with the Toyota floor mat recall. It is about 58 percent finished. 5.4 million cars were in that recall alone. The recall for the sticky gas pedal is about 80 percent finished now. 86 percent of the 148,000 Toyota Motors Prius and Lexus versions that had faulty brake pedals because of a software glitch are fixed. Though Toyota is almost done fixing these faulty automobiles, you will find nevertheless pending investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Bypass accessible to brand new models of Toyota
Toyota also has a new idea that may prevent a runaway auto scenario via occurring again. A brake bypass system was what the business decided to install. Toyota Motors, Scion and Lexus vehicles have about 8 out of each and every 10 models with a brake bypass system already. The override will automatically start if something is wrong. This is determined by the computer. Should the driver be trying to brake too instantly, or make an effort to slow the car down in a way that may be construed as panic, the computer takes control. Toyota has also augmented its incident recorder system.
Trying to remake image
Toyota has made itself out to look like a bad guy. This has been within the last year or so. It can be fairly scary when something goes wrong. Unintentional acceleration is probably the scariest. Toyota Motors wants to fix the issues. It has worked hard to do so. Toyota Motors hopes to avoid recalls in the future. It is also working for making customers feel safe once again in its vehicles.
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Erm, thanks for that, but what's it got to do with Equipment and Accessories?
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And a "Hello, I am..................." would have been nice
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Parksy

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Hmmm
This looks like a bit of spam from the good ole US of A but seeing as how some of our members might drive Toyotas I won't put the brakes on it at this stage
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The yanks love toyota, to the detriment of there own products.
So what better than to rubbish toyota.
I would have another toyota tomorrow, if they would only build a car i desire.
My last toyota was a carina 2, my first car with a perfect paint finish!, taken for granted today, back then it was very rare on a car in that price bracket.
And of cause over 4.5 years it was faultless.
Funny isn't it how very little is said about about other vehicle recalls, BMW, merk, nissan ect.
 

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