This year has been for the automotive department. There a lot of recalls. Perhaps probably the most high profile of automotive recalls so far this year was the infamous Toyota recall involving a defective accelerator pedal. At least consistency is shown with another Toyota recall coming. This recall may not be as pervasive, as fewer cars are involved. Only a couple of model years on two different cars offered by the automaker have the defect in question. This recall could be hurting Toyota although it is really small. Toyota hasn’t recovered from the last recall and so this will be a hit.
And now, the next Toyota recall
There are several recalls from Toyota. New Toyota recalls are beginning to become more regular than full moons, and a new Toyota recall has just been announced. The Toyota recall has 1.3 million automobiles involved. The problem has to do with the engine. There is an issue with how the engine control module works. It is not working right. CNN reports the engine may stall when driving or just affect shifting within the engine of the car. There have been accidents from the problem. Of course, the accidents are few.
Fix more than 1 million cars
The models in question are the Toyota Corolla and the Toyota Matrix. The model years are from 2005 to 2008. The circuit board can crack in the Engine Control Module which is within the 1ZZ-FE engineThe 1ZZ-FE has engine has a severe problem. The circuit board can crack within the Engine Control Module, which isn’t really good. The engine will have the shifting affected in it. Also, the engine might shut off when you drive. The engine may have problems beginning. That is also common with this problem. 1.13 million vehicles in the U.S. are likely going to be in the recall while Canada has one more 200,000 cars. As outlined by the Los Angeles Times, the total is being brought up from this for cars recalled this year for Toyota. The total has now hit about 10 million. There is an investigation being run. This is coming from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
After years of market share Toyota can do no right
Toyota, in the past few years, had captured market share of U.S. auto sales. This might be really bad for Toyota. This could possibly be the one thing stopping all the progress. Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler would be happy to take some of those customers back.
Additional reading
CNN Money
money.cnn.com/2010/08/26/autos/toyota_corolla_recall/
LA Times
latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-toyota-20100826,0,7145846.story?track=rss
