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270,000 toyota's have faulty engines UPDATE: recall issued

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HOWITIS

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"TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 vehicles sold worldwide, including luxury Lexus sedans, have faulty engines, but the company did not say whether it would recall the automobiles.
The world's biggest automaker said the defective engines could stall while the vehicles were moving.
Of the 270,000 vehicles, some 180,000 were sold overseas and the rest in Japan. They include luxury Lexus sedans and popular Crown models."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7088936.html

recall issued


http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/02/autos/lexus_engine_recall/

"In recent months, the automaker has recalled more than 8 million vehicles worldwide for a variety of safety issues including possible unintended acceleration and problems with anti-lock brake software.

Most recently, the automaker recalled some Lexus SUVs because of problems with electronic stability control software.

In a recent J.D. Power survey of initial quality, Toyota slipped to 21st place from 6th place last year."
 
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didnt know there was such a forum, but this is more about how toyota makes POS cars now. they are like dodge in 1976
 
Crono said:
It's a PSA of sorts and news. I appreciate it here, even if it isn't exactly the right forum.
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I suppose it's fine to put it here and gab about general stuff. As soon as the ratchetjaws come in to discuss ECU, timing belts, valve angles, etc. THEN it needs to go to the garage. 😉

Alternatively if they want to start squawking about how bad Mr. Toyoda has been with QC perhaps P&N is a better landing zone.
 
HOWITIS said:
didnt know there was such a forum, but this is more about how toyota makes POS cars now. they are like dodge in 1976
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HOWITIS said:
didnt know there was such a forum, but this is more about how toyota makes POS cars now. they are like dodge in 1976
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We owned a 92 Camry not too long ago. It was built like a damn tank and so easy and cheap to maintain and work on, I could do it in my sleep. I could tear down most of that car with a socket wrench, a philips and flat head. With 232,000 miles the damn thing WOULD NOT DIE!

HOWEVER--------todays Toyotas are sheer and utter garbage IMO. They screwed up big time with that drive by CPU crap.
 
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If you know any auto company you know when they become that big, they are going to suck. Toyota hasn't made a good car since the early 2000's. They got too big and had to cut quality to still be profitable. Same story with every other car company.
 
zerocool84 said:
If you know any auto company you know when they become that big, they are going to suck. Toyota hasn't made a good car since the early 2000's. They got too big and had to cut quality to still be profitable. Same story with every other car company.
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True story.
 
oldsmoboat said:
Thanks for your input. As I was typing out my response I was wondering: what would Crono think? (WWCT)
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I could have used weasel words and said "many people" would appreciate this thread being in OT. Instead, I chose to state the opinion of one person I am sure does appreciate it: me.

Everyone knows this 😛
 
FelixDeKat said:
We owned a 92 Camry not too long ago. It was built like a damn tank and so easy and cheap to maintain and work on, I could do it in my sleep. I could tear down most of that car with a socket wrench, a philips and flat head. With 232,000 miles the damn thing WOULD NOT DIE!

HOWEVER--------todays Toyotas are sheer and utter garbage IMO. They screwed up big time with that drive by CPU crap.
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thats funny ive seen a few yaris with 350,000 miles on same transmission fluid, so toyotas are still bad ass imo, i have a corolla among 6 other cars and its fine, Even stalling isnt a big deal to me prob a easy fix too. My buddy rolled his corolla with 400,000 miles on it rolled it back over and drove it home =P thats why i bought mine. I like mitusibishi and honda a little more but own just about one of every car maker, chevy mitsu honda toyota jeep a dodge grand am (ya i know jeep dodge and grand am are pretty much same)
 
MikeMike said:
troll troll troll your boat, gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream.
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In a thread about engines, I bring up an engine and you claim that Toyota controls Subaru (Toyota owns what, 16% of Subaru's parent company) - who's the troll?

killster1 said:
thats funny ive seen a few yaris with 350,000 miles on same transmission fluid, so toyotas are still bad ass imo, i have a corolla among 6 other cars and its fine, Even stalling isnt a big deal to me prob a easy fix too. My buddy rolled his corolla with 400,000 miles on it rolled it back over and drove it home =P thats why i bought mine. I like mitusibishi and honda a little more but own just about one of every car maker, chevy mitsu honda toyota jeep a dodge grand am (ya i know jeep dodge and grand am are pretty much same)
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I'm curious as to what is exactly wrong with the engine will cause it to stall while moving..seems odd.
 
zerocool84 said:
If you know any auto company you know when they become that big, they are going to suck. Toyota hasn't made a good car since the early 2000's. They got too big and had to cut quality to still be profitable. Same story with every other car company.
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I have two Nissans now, own an Xterra and just bought a Maxima, and they are both wonderful vehicles. My next vehicle will be a Nissan as well. Nissan has great quality from experience with family, friends, coworkers and myself.
 
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