Total Recall
January 24, 2010mike Comments OffI know the Governator is a little busy right now to make a sequel to his famed 1990 film Total Recall, but if he needs a script I can throw one together. Total Recall Toyota.
This seems to be back page news, but Toyota seems to be on the verge of a Total Recall. Yes that’s right, a recall of its entire auto line. Am I exaggerating? Barely! Let’s add it up: We all know about the famed “floor mat” incident. HUGE JOKE. Who has factory floormats? My 100k+ mile car sure as hell doesn’t. To blame numerous accidents and several fatalities on large out of place floormats is something the Big Three would have had their necks in nooses for decades back (I’m looking at you Ralph Nader and Consumer Reports). That is a bunch of BS and a cover up, but the “floormat” recall is 4.2 million cars thus far. Add to that the 2.3 vehicles Toyota actually has the balls to admit are mechanical error related to the accelerator pedal and you have a HUGE problem.
Just like an infomercial with Billy Mays… there’s always this line… But wait there’s more! That would be the 110,000 Toyota Tundras with the minor problem of the frame support rotting out throwing the spare tire out onto the road, oh and if you read the fine print of that recall enough you’ll also notice the little asterisk that mentions your brake lines will rot out causing loss of brake pressure. Details, details. But at least there is an outside culprit to this one… that evil vile chemical which is so rare… road salt. Yeah you know the stuff that every northeastern city uses to melt snow. Darn you evil salt! Found in 97.5% of the world’s water. Who would ever think salt of all things would come in contact with cars!
Toyota, if you were one of the Big Three (Ford, GM & Chrysler) the NHTSA would have asked for your head by now, but you’re Toyota, you’re different, you’re so safe and great. Looks like the old saying holds true, the bigger they are, the harder they fall!