Are you satisfied that Toyota has addressed the issues that led to the 2010 recall?

I would not say I'm convinced, since there have been various claims of (a) further unintended accelerations after the recall repair had been carried out, and (b) claims of unintended accelerations that could only have been the result of electronic issues (which the recalls did not address at all - Toyota claims it is not an electronics issue). However, of the many millions of cars, there have been at most a few hundred reported instances of such problems, so the risk initially seems to already have been low. The probability is that the recall has fixed the tendency to cause such accelerations, especially since it included a software upgrade that among other things would cut off acceleration if the car senses both acceleration and braking occurring at once (such as the car is trying to accelerate and the driver hits the brake).

What I'm looking for now is for Toyota to try to undo the damage it has done to its reputation, especially with the disclosure of internal documents calling various stall tactics "wins" for the company. This should take the form of some or all of the following: 1. Significant discounts on new cars.2.

Cash-back offers on new cars. 3. Free extended warranties on new cars (100k miles or more).4.

Free maintenance on new cars (100k miles or more).5. 0% APR for 60 months on new car loans. The more of the above are offered at one time, the higher the likelihood I'll buy another Toyota vehicle.

Toyota’s doing what just about any other auto manufacturer would do in a similar situation — its sending out letters to owners involved in the recall, technicians are hard at work making the actual repairs and dealership service departments are staying open late to handle the extra volume. Sounds like a decent plan, right? But here’s where I think Toyota is really going the extra mile: In addition to the steps listed above, new car sales of affected models (cars still sitting on the dealer lots) have been temporarily suspended and new car production has completely stopped at some North American plants.

Make no mistake, this is huge. Under normal operating conditions, when an auto assembly line goes idle, even if it’s only for a for a minute or two, the cost to the company is measured in tens of thousands of dollars. Remember, this situation is stretching into the second week…and counting.

You can imagine the pressure the engineers must be under to come up with a dependable fix. Yes, this is a PR nightmare, and yes, Toyota is now in a position where they have to spend countless millions of dollars to fix cars, trucks and SUVs in addition to losing out on new car sales, too; however, is this something that Toyota can’t recover from? Will the company ever regain the trust of the car-buying public?

Of course they will. But it may take some time to heal the wounds. To me, acknowledging the problem, taking full responsibility and the extraordinary action of stopping new car production really shows that they’re doing whatever it takes to make this right — no matter what the cost.

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