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Originally Posted by accella4.4
I don't know if this is true or not, but I have heard that any Honda or Toyota worker at any station has the power to stop the line in the name of quality control, whereas the Americans choose to correct through recalls. True or not?
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That is true, or at least used to be. Some time ago I read an article about Honda's first US plant. Honda initially had very serious quality issues here, and so transferred workers from Japanese plants to perform inspections. As a result, something like 1 out of 3 cars were pulled off the assembly line and sent back for corrections the first year. (I bought an Accord during that period, and the when the sales guy saw the VIN indicated Japan origin he said "Wow, you got a good one.") I guess US plants eventually got their act together. But like you said, the prevailing US attitude is to build it, ship it, and deal with come-backs later.