Toyota loses its way

john · 2010-02-12T02:29:59+00:00

Yoshi Inaba sounds like a clairvoyant. ;) I wonder if there will becharges and arrests in the Toyota case as the Japanese government didin the Mitsubishi case."For years, warning signs have clashed with its touted high standardsFive years ago, Yoshi Inaba, then president of Toyota Motor Corp.'sU.S. sales operations, disclosed his biggest fear. It was thatsomeday, some flaw in Toyota vehicles might go undetected and causeinjuries, or worse, to the company's customers.Inaba was perhaps thinking of a huge scandal that had just engulfedMitsubishi Motors Corp., a smaller Japanese carmaker accused ofcovering up defects for years. Top Mitsubishi executives, includingits former president, had been arrested and charged."From The Detroit News:

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Toyota was using asbestos head gaskets, and thanks to our government was forced to abandon the asbestos gaskets for a different material. As a result, the torque specs for the head bolts was wrong.

Try replacing the HG on a Supra, if you think the job on a Tercel is bad.

Ford, GM and Chrysler NEVER make any mistakes, right?

1995 Chrysler LHS Recall Item Affected: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM Date Announced: 8/17/1999

Description of Recall: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS CAN CRACK DUE TO FATIGUE AND SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE.

Action Needed To Fix It: DEALERS WILL REINFORCE THE ENGINE CRADLE AT THE POINT WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHES TO IT.

That's not dangerous, at all...