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It's not that Toyota didn't have any problems with the cars, they just found that there was no electronic malfunction. From CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/0
by Jun8 16y ago
It's not that Toyota didn't have any problems with the cars, they just found that there was no electronic malfunction.
From CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/08/autos/nhtsa_nasa_toyota_final_report/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/08/autos/nhtsa_nasa_toyota_fina...):
"Toyota recalled nearly 8 million vehicles in 2008 and 2009 for defects related to gas pedals -- including sticky pedals and floor mat obstruction -- as a result of complaints of unwanted acceleration."
- anonymous246 16y agoAre you sure Toyota didn't do that gratuitously as a PR exercise? Because I'm not.
- Jun8 16y ago8M cars to recall (and the resulting hit to prestige) is a huge cost, compared to the PR gain they had on this issue.
- steve19 16y agoThe alternative was doing nothing and being raped by the media for killing people and doing nothing about it. What choice did Toyota have? Better to be seen doing something even if the problem did not exist.
- eli 16y agoWell, isn't that kinda what they did? The fine wasn't for having unsafe cars. It was for getting reports that their cars were unsafe and hiding them from regulators
- mseebach 16y agoCompared to the cost of finding out that the cars actually were defective and killing people? PR-cost plus settling the class action suit.
- mukyu 16y ago"As with the report on Tuesday, the preliminary examination given to Congress in August found no evidence of flawed electronics in vehicles that crashed. That examination found only one instance in which an accelerator pedal became trapped under a floor mat and none in which a pedal became stuck or sprang back too slowly." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/business/09auto.html?pagewanted=2&src=twrhp http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/business/09auto.html?pagew... One instance out of millions of cars.