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• hakeam

  if i don't trust toyota.how can i trust another cars

• Fair and Balanced

  good point hakeam

  stupid question

  every automaker has recalls and problems, even your precious BMW

• kabluey

  The number of recalls is not the problem that I have with Toyota. The fact-of-the-matter is Toyota knew about the problem in March 0f 2007 and a resolution is just now happening almost three years later.

  I like Toyota but the poor handling of the situation has changed my perspective about them. Additionally, I do not feel they have pin-pointed the actual cause of the situation and I feel this will continue for months to come.

• Pat

  I don't think its a stupid question at all. Yes, every automaker has recalls but recalling 8.1 million vehicles is ridiculous. Especially, when Toyota ignored over 2,000 claims of unintened acceleration during the past 10 years. Oh not to mention the suck at communicating it to customers. The Prius had brake problems and they fixed it last month but failed to notify any previous Prius owners of the situation.

  Where the hell is Akio Toyoda? Jumping in and out of Audi while Jim Lentz (their American superstar) is taking care of issues on news channels. that's pure bullshit and so is Toyota.

  I used to like the company, but they are just acting ignorant and ignoring their customers. Bad move. It's not about recalls – it's about customer service.

• GMfan87

  GM and Ford have your back hakeam

  Pat is right on the money. I used to dislike Toyota just because of how successfull they were…finally, i have a good reason lol.

• Barricade

  It just amazes me how this entire thing is being blown so out of proportion. People are used to the high number of recalls on vehicles such as Fords that they just shrug it off. Toyota has one recall and everyone flips out. Though, it doesn't help that this happened right after CFC where Ford/Chevy/Chrysler were whining about everyone buying Toyota's. And like hakeam said, if people can't trust Toyota, how can they trust the others? Personally, I will never buy anything but Toyota even after this incident. BTW, why isn't anyone freaking out at Ford who ALSO have these same pedals in some of their cars overseas? This brings me back to my point of “theres so many recalls with them that people just shrug it off” point.

  “Do I still trust Toyota?” Yes, (just for example) Ford's always seem to be recalled for things that may cause fires, yet the Ford Superduty is still the number 1 selling truck in america. Doesn't seem to phase most people.

• Awesome Bob

  Ford F-series is the number 1 selling vehicle of all time and before this recall Ford passed up Toyota on initial quality (Things wrong with the vehicle right after buying it). I never bought
  Toyota and always buy Ford. Trust Ford, don't trust Toyota.

• Awesome Bob

  Don't trust GM. They are bankrupt even after government handouts. Ford didn't take any handouts and isn't bankrupt either.

• xbpdavis11x

  NOT AT ALL.

  I drive a Toyota and even though mine (a 2002 Avalon) as not been recalled, the fact that Toyota knew about these problems and didn't do anything about them until forced to by the government is horrible. Not to mention the new development of knowing about braking issues in the Prius and choosing not to do anything… I am highly considering getting rid of my Toyota since clearly the brand cannot be trusted anymore and it makes me nervous to think that my car could face a serious problem in the future that Toyota very well could know about at this exact moment.

• Dane

  Nope, to answer your question….

• hedorah

  Not really … anyone following car news knows that their quality has gone down, especially post 2006. They still aren't the worse tho, mind u.

• GMfan87

  bankrupt? they still have a good bit of that bailout money left and plan on paying back all of it this summer if i recall correctly. granted, i'm not sure who actually believes that will happen. i sure don't see all of it getting repayed. but bankrupt they are not.

  as for Ford i love that they didnt take any baildout money, GM didnt really have much of an option. hopefully the new GM will make america proud by repaying their loans and getting the hell away from the government. only time will tell.

• TOYOTA IS DEAD

  Definitely not.

• Komodo

  Way too much Toyota bashing. Currently the largest recall ever was by Ford for faulty ignition switches. And then there was that Firestone incident. GM had quite a few recalls as well. But why so much hate for Toyota?

  Toyota quality definitely is not what it was but then where would ford, gm, chrysler be without Japanese dedication to quality. American car companies blew off the hybrid incentive. They only started paying attention when Japanese automakers decided to make it a priority.

  Meanwhile, when American car companies are in trouble and requiring bailouts, Toyota, Honda, and others vocally supported the continued survival of these bloated companies that sell macho junk like no other.

  Could Toyota have handled it better? Yes. But which automaker do you know stopped selling 8 models and is actively fixing the problem. Maybe they needed some prodding to do this but still their action is unprecedented.

  Like Barricade says, Ford trucks are still the number 1 selling vehicles in this country DESPITE fire hazard and tire recalls. Does this make sense to anyone? Seriously, how many people driving these trucks use the trucks as true work vehicles?

  My point is Toyota still has a better track record than Ford, GM, or especially Chrysler.

  I bought a Ford Ranger once. I had to take it to 3 dealers before they fixed the way the truck leaned on the left rear leaf spring. Brand new, the truck still had plastic wrapping under the bench seat that the autoworkers just partially tore off and bolted to the cab. The muffler rusted through within 2 years and I had to have it replaced.

  How about American auto company resistance to airbags that could have saved more lives earlier? Or those pointy steering wheel impalers of the past.

  If Toyota is to be bashed, so too should the ” big” 2 1/2.

  When the going gets bad, American companies dump their employees. Toyota on the other hand tried to keep their workers, educate them, and retrain them. And that's here in America.

  It's a global economy and I don't have any allegiance to any particular company. I just noticed that since Toyota became a global player, people seem to relish the chance at cutting them down. There's no need for this. Like any other auto company, they need to remedy the problem and see this through.

• jgoods

  It's pretty hard to maintain trust in a company that still, after at least a week of battering, doesn't come clean. My big question is: where is Akio, and why isn't he leading the surge? Got so frustrated I wrote a speech today for him to give. Check out: http://www.cargurus.com/blog/2010/02/04/the-spe….

• Lex

  I never really trust any car nor do I ever like Toyota.
  I always know that Honda is better made than them, but for some reason Toyota has so much money for marketintg, so People were bought by the informercials.

  I am not stereotyping, but based on my on survey I've found people who owns Honda drive them harshly than Toyota owners. And I have never see a Honda leaking oil after 100k, but I've seen it in plenty of Toyotas. My only problem with Honda has always been their designers.
  More young people drive Hondas than Toyota and we know how young people punish cars.

• GMfan87

  where do i begin…

  first off hybrids are a waste of time and technology, the only reason autocompanies are jumping on board now is because they sell. fuel cell's should be their main focus.

  as far as “dumping” workers goes, how many unionized plants do you see toyota runnng?

  yes you are right, everyone has recalls. but if i recall correctly, the ignition recall was 7.9 million where as this recall is totalling 8.1 million

  the thing that pi$$es everyone off is that it took 3 years for them to acknowledge the fact that they had a problem after 2,000+ complaints. thats a lot of “prodding”. even if only one of the 20 deaths can be attributed to the accelerator solely, thats still too much of a price.

  also theres the whole delema with akio toyoda…what kind of CEO sits around while his company gets mauled by the press. that projects pure arrogance in my opinion. sucks to be jim lentz

• meraboy

  NO WAY. MY CHOICE IS NISSAN/INFINITI!

• jeffcrystal

  Definetely YES !! My only two choices are HONDA and TOYOTA. Those US politicians and automakers can keep on bashing and exploit this opportunity to steal some of the market share from Japanese automakers, but in the long run they'll always end up become the losers again. Sugar coating and cosmetic surgery are the strategies Detroit carmakers mostly adept at, they'll see this Toyota minor fiasco as once in a lifetime opportunity.

• Josh

  let us not forget the years of crap that the american car companies produced for years, yet no ones putting them under fire. How about when they took billions of our tax dollars in the bailout? Fuck america cars!

• GMfan87

  no ones putting them under fire? they've been under fire since the 90's by most of the general public. you are a prime example my friend.

• Mookyahoo

  You're kidding, right? You've never seen a Honda leaking oil after 100k? Give me a break. The oil puddle from my neighbor's Acura is as bad as my other neighbor's oil puddle from his Ford. I also lost track of all the Hondas that spew blue smoke from their tailpipes, like the mosquito killer truck that I remember coming down my street when I was young. It's called burning oil, and almost without exception, they're all Honduhs. As an automotive expert said about a week ago, Toyota's reliability is still second to none.

• Mookyahoo

  I really feel sorry for you, Awesome Bob. I've owned Ford products when I was younger, and without exception, every one of them had major flaws, that could not be paired. I bought all of them brand new. The first one you could easily see that the left side of the car was higher than the right side, the other Ford needed a quart of oil every 1,000 miles, and the last Ford I had leaked water onto the front passenger floor pan whenever it rained. Also, ALL of them leaked oil from the rear oil seal. Since then, I've had Nissans and Toyotas, and their quality and reliability not to mention resale value, put Ford (Fix Or Repair Daily, Found On Road Dead) to shame

• Hernan Moser

  I think they really knew this accelerator stuck problem many years ago, because some owners reported the issues.
  I think they tried to keep it top secret, because they had good image.
  They did same with their recalls.
  If you wanted to know something about your car, they invited you as a member on the website and you should have a code to access their site. (unbelievable)

  Negligence would be the right word?? i don

• sandyelswick

  my opinion, its more about killing the company altogether.