Thread: Toyota suspends sales, production of 8 models 2005/2010

Toyota suspends sales, production of 8 models

06:12 PM

Toyota has told its U.S. dealers to temporarily stop selling eight models with accelerators that may stick, the AP is reporting.

The company is also suspending production of the models for one week, beginning Feb. 1. Five plants in the United States and Canada will be affected.

The models are the RAV4, Corolla, Matrix, Avalon, Camry, Highlander, Tundra and Sequoia.

"Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our company," the company said in a statement. "This action is necessary until a remedy is finalized. We're making every effort to address this situation for our customers as quickly as possible."

Last week Toyota announced a recall of 2.3 million models after reports of accelerators sticking, including an accident in Texas that killed four people.

Drive On writes about the automaker's three-year effort to track the problem. http://www.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/Index

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... 8-models/1

The affected vehicles are listed below, and if you're a current owner you can find more information about the recall here.

2007-10 Camry
2009-10 RAV4
2009-10 Corolla
2009-10 Matrix
2005-10 Avalon
2010 Highlander
2007-10 Tundra
2008-10 Sequoia

http://www.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/Index

This is terrible. The owners of these cars cant drive their car right? What are they suppose to use for transportation in the meantime? Is Toyota going to give them all loaner cars for the time being?

Originally Posted by redpony353

This is terrible. The owners of these cars cant drive their car right? What are they suppose to use for transportation in the meantime? Is Toyota going to give them all loaner cars for the time being?

No one has said that anyone can't drive their cars.
Some of these cars are as old as 2005 and nothing happened to them yet.
They only said that Toyota Dealerships can't sell them.
No one is going to give anyone a loaner car. That would take millions of cars.

Jan 27, 2010

With Toyota stopping sales for recall, is yours safe to drive?

09:43 AM

With Toyota's stunning decision yesterday to stop sales of eight models, is it safe to drive your car?

That's something a lot of Toyoa drivers should be asking themselves today. If thousands of cars , including bestsellers Corolla and Camry, can't be sold because of fears the accelerator could stick, then why is it safe to keep driving millions of cars on the road that also could become runaways?

So far, Toyota is standing pat, saying it's just fine to keep driving your Toyota -- even if under recall .Of course, just a couple days ago Toyota was insisting that it was just fine to sell new cars that were subject to a recall. Look how fast that message changed:

"As part of the recall, we are obliged to suspend sales until there is a remedy...but the advice for customers remains the same," Toyota spokesman Mike Michels tells Drive On. While Toyota's recall was voluntary, Toyota says it's following government protocols that require it to stop selling cars unless it has an immediate remedy, and it doesn't. It can fix the part that can wear and cause unintended acceleration in all the cars right away.

If you own a Toyota that's under recall, pay careful attention to whether the accelerator pedal action seems rough or is sluggish in returning to the idle position, he says.

Only then, if you experience this, "they should not operate the vehicle anymore ," Michels says. He insists that "recalls happen all the time where owners continue to drive their cars."

But few recals can cause a problem as sensational as ones that have killed some Toyota or Lexus drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has already shown that drivers of a runaway Toyota or Lexus may be unable to stop the car by stomping on the brake pedal, become confused in trying to shift into neutral or contend with stop-start buttons that take three seconds of continuous pushing to shut off.

Toyota had already ordered drivers of many models to remove floor mats that could jam under accelerator pedals. The latest problem reversed Toyota's previous denials that accelerator pedals could jam open on their own.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... to-drive/1

Just because Toyota is saying you can drive your car does not mean it is safe to do so. They have reversed some of their previous statements with regard to safety. Yea...it would take millions of loaners...so what? They put out a defective and potentially dangerous car so they should take responsibility for those defective products. How are these car owners suppose to feel safe driving these cars? And some of them have kids. Should kids be driven around in these cars where the pedal could stick? I dont think so.

Originally Posted by redpony353

Just because Toyota is saying you can drive your car does not mean it is safe to do so. They have reversed some of their previous statements with regard to safety. Yea...it would take millions of loaners...so what? They put out a defective and potentially dangerous car so they should take responsibility for those defective products. How are these car owners suppose to feel safe driving these cars? And some of them have kids. Should kids be driven around in these cars where the pedal could stick? I dont think so.

When you buy a new car there is nothing in the contract
that says they have to provide anyone a loaner car during a recall.
There is nothing in Federal law or any State law that says they have to.
Therefore they don't have to. And, they aren't going to.