There should be a lot of other evidence of Toyota's quality falling off if that is the case. If 2005-2010 Toyotas end up rusting out faster and burning up tran

There should be a lot of other evidence of Toyota's quality falling off if that is the case. If 2005-2010 Toyotas end up rusting out faster and burning up transmissions faster then that might be the reason, from what I understand they have so far been amongst the most reliable cars ever made. There have been some suggestions that they are using lesser grade plastics and metals in some of the bodywork but I'm not sure that actual quality issues have been raised yet. We're talking about freak accidents though. Even if these issues could be attributed to a real electronic or mechanical problem they still happen with a frequency which is probably remarkably close to the frequency of similar human errors. The successful Japanese company that has knocked off GM sure is an easy scapegoat. I wonder if there is a racial component to the complaints as well. It's ironic, Toyota has a very long history of improving. GM is coming out of bankruptcy, as is Chrysler, according to JD Powers, Ford is the best quality American car maker and their quality is "average." I'd double down on Toyota going back to the drawing board and raising the bar even higher. If the media or congress was trying to get some American pay back they might have a window but I expect it to get substantially more difficult to compete with Toyota. Not that we should ever fear to call a corporation to task for their faults but this is one that has held overall quality in such high regard for so long and it's such a key part of their culture.