Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Lexus, Toyota Somehow, we're guessing that the "any publicity is good publicity" cliche isn't ringing particularly true with Toyota these days. That said, we do have to give some props to the automaker for being open about the current state of its recent recall woes. According to Toyota, roughly 3.2 million of its many recall notices have been fulfilled. Yes, that number sounds like a lot. Bear in mind, though, that Toyota isn't even halfway finished with its recalls. In fact, there are about 4.6 million more of the notices out there that have yet to be fulfilled. And the actual breakdown of which recalls have been completed is also rather interesting. Says Toyota, "Approximately 70 percent of the sticking pedal modifications have been completed on the 2.3 million vehicles that have been recalled... and more than 75 percent of the ABS program updates have been performed on the 147,500 Prius and Lexus models that were recalled." Not bad, but there's still some worrying data. "Approximately 27 percent of the floor mat entrapment modifications have been completed on the 5.4 million vehicles that were recalled for this issue," continues Toyota. We have to wonder if people aren't taking the floor mat entrapment issue seriously, or if perhaps the general populace is content just to chuck their mats into the trash bin in lieu of a seemingly odd tie wrap resolution. In any case, check out all the details in the press release after the break. [Source: Toyota]Continue reading Toyota Recalls: 3.2M down, 4.6M to go! Toyota Recalls: 3.2M down, 4.6M to go! originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 05 May 2010 16:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Read More...
I got the first floor mat recall about a year ago...it seemed like a joke at the time (long before the whole "sticking gas pedal" press). The floor mats are cleated to the floor and can't slip anywhere, they sent me a notice to throw away my floor mat. That thing was part of something like $200 for the set, and they are attached to the floor...I don't want to throw it away. They didn't tell me to go trade it in for another...just wanted me to throw it away. I got another notice yesterday. It doesn't really say exactly what they want to do..."pedal modification" or something...what's that? I can picture them taking some tin snips and clipping off the bottom of the pedal or something. I suppose I can look it up online to find out, but shouldn't THEY tell me what they want to do to my car? I want to know what they want to do, not be the recipient of a mystery fix. I've never been too happy with Toyota service, the people I've dealt with in Orange County...especially Power Toyota, whose Servce Managers were repeatedly downright rude and even nasty to me...have been pretty awful and I don't want to interact with them for any reason whatsoever. I do love my Prius though (it's my 2nd one, but I bought it from a private party in order to avoid dealer). My experience, ymmv.
