Yet another recall...

JCL · #4 05-19-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexK

Yes, but did the Ford recalled all of 20 millions during 2 years? Toyota is only starting with all its recalls, you just wait for another year or so when they will start recalling other junk they made

Besides, as far as I know (from a personal experience of asking other people's opinions) Ford's vehicles in general were never considered as "reliable" as Toyota's (or especially Lexus ones)

No, Ford never had more than 7 million in one year. If you combine two Ford recalls on a single issue (the cruise control recall) which was spread over two years, that was 14 million vehicles. Toyota's aren't all one issue or all in one year either.

If you rank the automakers by market share, and number of vehicles impacted, Edmunds puts Toyota at #17 out of 20. The worst (#1) was Landrover. VW was #4, Chrysler was #7 (twice the recalled vehicles as Toyota, with the same market share), Ford was #10, GM was #11, BMW was #14, Honda was #16. The above is based on 2001 - 2010 statistics.

Toyota did a poor job of media relations, but that isn't a comment on product quality.

Are you targeting Toyota because of their good reputation for quality over the years?