Report: Toyota Continuing To Sell Recalled Vehicles Without A Fix

[Purveyor]

Toyota is in the beginning stages of a new voluntary recall that affects 2.3 million vehicles. The recall involves accelerator pedal mechanisms that could stick due to wear and cause unintended acceleration, though it is technically not related to an earlier, larger recall to fix floor mats on certain Toyota and Lexus models that could also cause accelerator pedals to stick.

The folks over at Kicking Tires spoke with National Manager of Environmental Safety and Quality for Toyota, John Hanson, who revealed that vehicles affected by the recall are still sitting on dealer lots for customers to purchase in spite of their potentially defective accelerator pedal mechanisms. Hanson said the reason that Toyota is letting dealers still sell the vehicles even though they may have to come back in for repair is because the problem tends to appear after extended wear. However, since Toyota doesn't yet have a fix figured out, dealers can reportedly only replace the defective pedal mechanisms with new mechanisms of the same type for now. Hanson is also reportedly unsure about whether or not the vehicles affected by the recall are still being manufactured, but said he thought the lines involved were down.

While it is within the law for Toyota to keep affected vehicles on the lot given the fact that the recall is voluntary, we hope its dealers have enough scruples to inform potential customers about the issue before these vehicles are purchased.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/25/report-toyota-continuing-to-sell-recalled-vehicles-without-a-fi/

[Romulox]

1. This kinda explodes the image of the average Toyota buyer as an avid reader of Consumer Reports!

:rofl:

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[flvegan]

2. "Thank you Customer for your purchase of a new Camry today. By the way

you should be aware that the throttle may well stick in the wide open position, rendering you to be little more than a jockey riding a 120 mph two ton gasoline bomb. Have a nice day!"

[HopeHoops]

4. Toyota - drive at your own risk.

There's never been a more sleazy car company. I wouldn't ride in one, much less drive one.

[Johonny]

5. I love how the DU is one constant car comercial for some posters

some posters feel the need to post pro- anti automobile advertisements constantly on this site. As if the DU was meant for commercial exploitation. It gets really tiring. I get it. You work for a revival car company. You want me to buy X and shun Y. Really the mods should end this constant day in day out car advertisement on the DU. These aren't political, they aren't pro-union or even pro American worker. They're just ad campaigns at this point. Now some DUer that works for Toyota will post a anti-American car company post. How do I know, because this boring back and forth * been happening constantly for over a year. Seriously how would said posters enjoy if other industries constantly turned the DU forums into anti/pro advertisements for their companies?

[Bill219]

6. +1,000

[Xicano]

7. +1000

Plus I don't think anyone takes these folks' obsession seriously, making their post not only an abuse of DU but also a waste of time.

[Romulox]

10. LOL. People are DYING, but you'd rather this not be mentioned?

Oh brother. :eyes:

[Romulox]

11. PS: The report today is that the US gov't FORCED Toyota to shut down production of 8 models.

Do you know want that discussed, either? Tough. :hi:

http://freep.com/article/20100127/BUSINESS01/100127023/1318/U.S.-Toyota-had-to-stop-troubled-production

[Kokonoe]

8. Wow, still selling defective accelerator mechanisms.

Is it also taboo to mention on late night talk shows, because if it was American union made the jokes would be every night.

[Purveyor]

9. Just In: Toyota Halts Sales of (8) Recalled Vehicle Models

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4243929