Gina Stevenson
June 11th, 2010, 01:37 AM
Having heard of "a few" deaths was bad enough, but when they researched accidents, and what vehicles were involved, it looks like there might have been more problems than they like to admit. Also, saw something (forgot to keep the link) where there was a TSB about this way back in 2007 ... TSB is technical service bulletin issued to dealers by the mfr, indicating they know of some problem, so it can be fixed free if someone comes in with whatever problem ... but it's NOT sent to customers as a recall, so they can know about it before something dangerous occurs. Sad ...........
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/25/report-100-cases-of-death-caused-by-toyota-unintended-accelerat/
[on a different subject, so not for this thread, w/more "albatross" problems, I'm on the prowl again trying to figure how to maybe replace it, after all ... and it's apparent quality assurance has gone by the wayside at a lot of places, so many TSBs, recalls, for every conceivable vehicle ... just have to figure, it seems, which kinds of problems you can best deal with ... sort of a "pick your problem (vehicle)." ;) ]
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/25/report-100-cases-of-death-caused-by-toyota-unintended-accelerat/
[on a different subject, so not for this thread, w/more "albatross" problems, I'm on the prowl again trying to figure how to maybe replace it, after all ... and it's apparent quality assurance has gone by the wayside at a lot of places, so many TSBs, recalls, for every conceivable vehicle ... just have to figure, it seems, which kinds of problems you can best deal with ... sort of a "pick your problem (vehicle)." ;) ]