Summary of Toyotas Recalled for Accelerator Related Problems
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From: Mike Hunter on 5 Feb 2010 19:44 It was a Lexus, in California, according to new reports "dbu''" <nospam(a)nobama.com.invalid> wrote in message news:zIydnT258b1nKfHWnZ2dnUVZ_s1i4p2d(a)giganews.com... > In article <hkias1$jf4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message >> news:Xns9D16BE8561674tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >> > "C. E. White" <cewhite3remove(a)mindspring.com> wrote in >> > news:id-dnY9B9YDWOvHWnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com: >> > >> >> I saw this summary of which Toyotas were recalled for which >> >> accelerator based problem and thought it would be useful information >> >> for the group: >> >> >> > >> > >> > <snip AutoNews excerpt> >> > >> > >> > Funny how the author does not bother to list some critical numbers. I >> > state >> > some of them here: >> > >> > Recalled Toyotas: 8.1 million. >> > >> > Incidents of stuck Toyota accelerators worldwide: 12 >> > >> > Percentage of Toyotas with stuck gas pedals: 0.00014% >> > >> > Deaths due to stuck accelerators: 1 (maybe) >> > >> >> This one is not accurate. In San Diego, a stuck pedal took four lives, >> the >> driver, his wife, their daughter, and the wife's brother. But, taking >> this >> correction into account, the percentage is still very low. > > Was that a Toyota? What model? > -- >
From: Ed Maier on 5 Feb 2010 19:50 On 2/5/2010 5:18 PM, C. E. White wrote: > I saw this summary of which Toyotas were recalled for which accelerator > based problem and thought it would be useful information for the group: > > THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS > FACT BOX: Turmoil at Toyota > Hans Greimel > Automotive News -- February 5, 2010 - 12:39 pm ET > My wife drives a 2008 Avalon, and I got in the mail a brown envelope with the Toyota logo and name in the return address area, and the words, "TOYOTA SAFETY" across the front. I figured it was the recall notice and opened it. It wasn't from Toyota. It was from North Texas Nissan offering to accept the Avalon as a trade in on a (you guessed it) new Nissan. Talk about kicking them while they're down, Nissan dealers have reached a new low in marketing. Eddie
From: Mike Hunter on 5 Feb 2010 20:18 If you were drowning would you refuse the offer of a life ring? "Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hkiebt$ti9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 2/5/2010 5:18 PM, C. E. White wrote: >> I saw this summary of which Toyotas were recalled for which accelerator >> based problem and thought it would be useful information for the group: >> >> THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS >> FACT BOX: Turmoil at Toyota >> Hans Greimel >> Automotive News -- February 5, 2010 - 12:39 pm ET >> > > > My wife drives a 2008 Avalon, and I got in the mail a brown envelope with > the Toyota logo and name in the return address area, and the words, > "TOYOTA SAFETY" across the front. I figured it was the recall notice and > opened it. It wasn't from Toyota. It was from North Texas Nissan offering > to accept the Avalon as a trade in on a (you guessed it) new Nissan. Talk > about kicking them while they're down, Nissan dealers have reached a new > low in marketing. > > Eddie >
From: Ed Maier on 5 Feb 2010 20:26 On 2/5/2010 7:18 PM, Mike Hunter wrote: > If you were drowning would you refuse the offer of a life ring? Of course not. But then again, I'm not exactly drowning, am I? Eddie > > > "Ed Maier"<evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hkiebt$ti9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 2/5/2010 5:18 PM, C. E. White wrote: >>> I saw this summary of which Toyotas were recalled for which accelerator >>> based problem and thought it would be useful information for the group: >>> >>> THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS >>> FACT BOX: Turmoil at Toyota >>> Hans Greimel >>> Automotive News -- February 5, 2010 - 12:39 pm ET >>> >> >> >> My wife drives a 2008 Avalon, and I got in the mail a brown envelope with >> the Toyota logo and name in the return address area, and the words, >> "TOYOTA SAFETY" across the front. I figured it was the recall notice and >> opened it. It wasn't from Toyota. It was from North Texas Nissan offering >> to accept the Avalon as a trade in on a (you guessed it) new Nissan. Talk >> about kicking them while they're down, Nissan dealers have reached a new >> low in marketing. >> >> Eddie >> > >
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Feb 2010 20:38
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:50:05 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: > On 2/5/2010 5:18 PM, C. E. White wrote: >> I saw this summary of which Toyotas were recalled for which accelerator >> based problem and thought it would be useful information for the group: >> >> THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS >> FACT BOX: Turmoil at Toyota >> Hans Greimel >> Automotive News -- February 5, 2010 - 12:39 pm ET >> >> > > My wife drives a 2008 Avalon, and I got in the mail a brown envelope with > the Toyota logo and name in the return address area, and the words, > "TOYOTA SAFETY" across the front. I figured it was the recall notice and > opened it. It wasn't from Toyota. It was from North Texas Nissan offering > to accept the Avalon as a trade in on a (you guessed it) new Nissan. Talk > about kicking them while they're down, Nissan dealers have reached a new > low in marketing. > > Eddie Judging from som eof their cars in the 90's, they should be the LAST ones knocking someone else's product! |