US Congressmen Darrell Issa and Brian Bilbray visited Toyota Carlsbad Parts and Service Center in Carlsbad, California. Congressman Issa addressed Toyota recalls and the Government’s role. Sudden uncontrolled acceleration of Toyota vehicles has been blamed for at least 34 fatal car accidents. Over 2000 additional complaints from Toyota owners about their cars lurching and speeding unintentionally have been filed with the NHTSA (US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.) As of January 28, 2010, Toyota had announced recalls of approximately 5.2?million vehicles for the pedal entrapment/floor mat problem, and an additional 2.3 million vehicles for the accelerator pedal problem. The next day, Toyota widened the recall to include 1.8 million vehicles in Europe and 75000 in China. By then, the worldwide total number of cars recalled by Toyota stood at 9 million. Congressman Issa is co-chair of the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Committees Hearing to Examine Toyotas Sudden Acceleration Problem and the Federal Government’s Response is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2010. oversight.house.gov Congressman Issa, a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, has represents the 49th congressional district of California which includes portions of southern Riverside County and northern San Diego County. issa.house.gov Issa says, “As Congress continues to investigate and evaluate how both industry and regulators have responded to …
First let me say that my original dealings with Toyota and Rohrich Toyota in Pittsburgh were the kinds of customer relationship people dream of. I got a good price on my 2002 Toyota, when I had a transmission problem it was pricy but reasonable. Then a year went by, I made the last payment and had a minor vibration in my steering on a cold day and only when turning the wheel to the left. I checked the Toyota site for recalls. pressroom.toyota.com Fantastic! There was a Toyota recall about that very thing (see the Toyota recall June 1, 2011). As I usually do I asked for the old parts returned. That didn’t happen this time. And this video is what my steering does now. Come on Toyota, I’m not a mechanical engineer but either Rohrich didn’t do the recall or you haven’t diagnosed the problem correctly. I will let you know how it turns out. Got a call from the Rohric service manager and apparently the recall had two parts. If the replacement of the nuts didn’t fix it you were supposed to call back in and an additional part is ordered. According to the Service manager only a very small fraction of people need this second part but those that do will get it on the second call. The part has to come in tomorrow so I’m without a car for a day but I accept that this isn’t something that affected every vehicle. And the service manager at Rohrich is great. I’ll be cautious tomorrow but my optimism about Toyota and Certainly Rohrich has returned from a “brief” haiatus.
Following the congressional hearings in Washington, DC, Toyota President Akio Toyoda spoke to team members at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK), the largest Toyota assembly facility outside of Japan.
“NOBODY WANTS TO PAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE” Air Date: February 26th, 2010 Panelists: Bill Maher, Olivia Wilde, Chrystia Freeland, Reihan Salam, Adam Carolla & Chris Rock Subjects: Barack Obama has held his big bipartisan healthcare reform summit…and it lead nowhere, so now he says he’s going to pass the legislation without Republican support and through reconciliation, which is filibuster-proof so he only needs 51 votes in the senate. Toyota has issued a recall of its cars after discovering some of them had been fitted with faulty accelerators. 34 people died from the Toyota fuck-up and the media is all over it…but 30000 people die from guns every year and no one says boo about it. And do we really need the huge defense budget we have at the moment, if we cut it just a little bit we’d be able to afford universal healthcare?
