Latest Toyota Recall – Toyota Motor Co. announced its latest recall Thursday, a massive 270,000 cars for potentially faulty engines.
The latest Toyota recall is yet another quality lapse to hit the automaker, following massive global recalls of top-selling models including the Prius and Lexus brands.
Japan’s top-selling daily Yomiuri said in its evening edition that Toyota will inform the transport ministry of a recall on Monday. The paper cited no sources.
Toyota spokesman Hideaki Homma said the company was evaluating measures to deal with the problem of defective engines that can stall while the vehicle is moving. He would not confirm a recall was being considered.
The automaker has been working to patch up its reputation after recalling more than 8 million vehicles worldwide because of unintended acceleration and other defects.
Toyota said just last week that it will recall 17,000 Lexus luxury hybrids after testing showed that fuel can spill during a rear-end crash.
Of the 270,000 vehicles in the latest Toyota recall for engine problems, some 180,000 were sold overseas and the rest in Japan. They include seven models of luxury Lexus sedans.
Toyota said it has received around 200 complaints in Japan over faulty engines after some drivers told Toyota that their engines made a strange noise.
Homma said there have been no reports of accidents linked to the faulty engines and it is unrelated to the sudden acceleration recall.
U.S. authorities recently slapped Toyota with a record $16.4 million fine for acting too slowly to recall vehicles with defects.
Toyota dealers have repaired millions of vehicles, but the automaker still faces more than 200 lawsuits tied to accidents, the newly lower resale value of Toyota vehicles, and the resulting drop in the company’s stock.
In the aftermath of the wave of recalls, Congress plans to upgrade our auto safety laws to toughen potential penalties against automakers, give the U.S. government more powers to demand a recall, and push car companies to meet new safety standards.
And that’s the latest from Action News on the Latest Toyota Recall.
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July 1st, 2010 at 9:27 am
Toyota is totally destroying their reputation in the marketplace. After this latest fiasco, they’ll be giving their cars away next year…