Toyota temporarily stopping sale of recalled vehicles
By MSN Autos
Toyota is suspending the sale of eight models sold in Canada and the U.S. to fix a sticking gas pedal in a recall announced last week.
The Japanese automaker is recalling approximately 270,000 vehicles in Canada to fix the accelerator pedal on the following vehicles:
2009-2010 Toyota RAV4
2009-2010 Toyota Corolla
2009-2010 Toyota Matrix
2005-2010 Toyota Avalon
2007-2010 Toyota Camry (specific models)
2010 Toyota Highlander
2007-2010 Toyota Tundra
2008-2010 Toyota Sequoia
Toyota Canada Inc. says the sales ban and recall is confined to Toyota vehicles, and does not include vehicles under the Lexus and Scion brands. The company says there is a possibility that certain accelerator pedal mechanisms may, in rare instances, mechanically stick in a partially depressed position or return slowly to the idle position. The sticking gas pedal issue is a separate recall from the ongoing recall regarding floor mats in Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
The carmaker is also halting production at its five North American facilities for the week of Feb. 1.
For more details about the recall, contact your local Toyota dealer, visit toyota.ca or call the customer centre at 1-888-869-6828.
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Posted by: cynicism squared | 2010-01-26 10:46:32 PM
that's why their number one!
Posted by: Dan | 2010-01-26 10:46:35 PM
It shows that their quality has gone downhill.
I bought a 06 Matrix and regretted ever since. Their quality has been going down hill. I have friends and aquaintances having the same feeling receiving bad service from their dealers with not support from Toyota. I know that soon I will be purchasing another new car and it will not be a Toyota.
Posted by: i see... | 2010-01-26 11:25:02 PM
that's why they're number one.
Posted by: vince bavota | 2010-01-26 11:26:56 PM
I guess poor quality is what boosted toyota sales to become #1 forget the forien crap buy ford, gm, or chrysler, good quality, built right cars. no wonder there #1 in sales minus all the recalled crap there #4, give your head ashake toyota and take your jap crap back to japan..
Posted by: Face Facts | 2010-01-27 1:52:28 AM
I have had nothing but bad experience with Toyota. They're full of crap and their customer service is horrendous. Girlfriend bought a car and a month later after we completed the satisfactory survey the car started to go all whacky. They refused to be accountable and stand behind their product. I eventually took the vehicle to a GM dealership to address the problem that TOYOTA could not figure out and wanted to charge us even though vehicle under warranty. Way to go Toyota in Winnipeg!
Never will i step foot in your doors again!
Posted by: DrVex007 | 2010-01-27 6:48:21 AM
Toyota has done all of us a great service. Yes, they have helped us all. By kicking GM and Ford in the butt with better quality, they forced the big 2 to wake up and start making better cars. If it weren't for Toyota, GM would still be building many, many cars with average to poor quality components. Now GM and Ford are building great cars and trucks and Toyota relaxed in their success and started to build old GM-like cars.
This goes to prove that the moment you take your customers for granted, you willl lose.
I hope that Toyota turns this around, but with all of my friends having so many issues with their Toyotas and Hondas, I might just buy a GM when my lease is up. GM is hungry and that means great cars. There used to be two constants in the automotive world. Corollas and Camrys would last for a very, very long time without issues. Camrys starting having issues a few years ago and now the famous Corolla is too. Even the head honcho of Toyota said that they got too cocky and relaxed. Think about it. Two years ago, Toyota started dropping te prices on their cars? Why would a top selling manufacturer do that? They started making them more cheaply, increased their profits and dropped their prices to sell even more. Well now we see what the real cost is to us.
Posted by: Stephane | 2010-01-27 8:06:11 AM
They're claiming 5 reported cases throught out North America (representing million's of vehicles)
Posted by: Barry Savoy | 2010-01-27 9:24:21 AM
I was just reading the artical on the Toyota vehicles gas pedal problem. We have an 2002 Camry SE
that has the same problem. Toyota has been building the Camry's with the same mechanical bits for a long time. That problem has been around for sometime, but we have been putting up with it and hopping that we would not get into an accident.
Posted by: ROBERT LAWRENCE | 2010-01-27 9:37:21 AM
I own a 2005 toyota camary that i bought new .I live in manitoba canada -my accelerator has been sticking within 4 months after i bought the car when the temp in colder that 0 C ,have taken to the toyota dealer several times but they cannot fix it .I do not drive the car in the winter .When i need to go out ,I drive my wifes 2002 chev cavalier .Toyota has known about this problem for many years .I will never buy another japanese vehicle
Posted by: Al Dingman | 2010-01-27 9:41:53 AM
I've been in the OEM auto industry for almost 40 years. For the past 10-15 years I've had the displeasure of dealing with the OEM transplants. It has been my experience that they all have the same focus, cheap parts or materials take priority over quality components.
I do hope that this latest TOYOTA safety recall gets the full attention it deserves. FYI - Toyota has recalled more cars and trucks in the past 4 years than it has sold and very few people hear about it because it's covered up by the media. If this were a true domestic OEM car manufacturer that had these many safety and quality problems it would be given the most media exposure possible.
Buy foreign? No thanks, I'll stick with my American made vehicles thank you.
Posted by: Luyen Nguyen | 2010-01-27 9:57:40 AM
Why government still let those recall models operation on the road.( actually the ones are not fixed )
These cars & trucks are not safety on the public roads.
If accedent happened by these cars & trucks, who will be responsibily? Toyota, Owner of Toyota products, or our government????
Posted by: cue the cheerleaders! | 2010-01-27 10:56:47 AM
yet another reason to say they are NUMBER 1!!
Posted by: its about time | 2010-01-27 12:24:54 PM
this has been going on for along time, not only toyota but all other imports as well. the only problem has been there recalls are a small blurb on the last pages of newspaper and big three are headlines. This is only the beginning there will be more.
Posted by: kamran | 2010-01-27 1:42:31 PM
it looks like everyone giving negative feed back about Toyota works in GM
Posted by: a corp is a corp is a corp | 2010-01-27 2:49:53 PM
looks like kamran works for toyota.
perhaps we should ignore this, so that media's year-long smear campaign against north american auto companies does not look like an agenda-driven exercise packed full of ulterior motives.
sssshhhhh.
Posted by: sshheeeesh | 2010-01-27 3:09:35 PM
hey kamran, i don't believe there's many GM employees left. remember it was GM that made poor quality cars. and had the worst employees. remember? at least that's the sales pitch we've been getting for the last while.
the north american industry failed for reasons that could never possibly happen to honda or toyota or 'insert any foreign brand here'. remember?
and that's why toyota is deservedly number 1. (repeat it over and over till you believe it)
and remember to always believe whatever the media says. even if it is disastrous to hundreds of thousands livelihoods.
putz. better to be quiet than bring attention to the lies.
Posted by: allcars | 2010-01-27 3:22:46 PM
all cars have there problem ,but just thing about it which car is REALLY north american,
All cars, van, truck HAVE japan or other foreign mad parts,
it is great that gm, ford have started to build quality cars ..but that is to be told in a few years too.
it is to early to say they have better or worse cars then the foreign cars....
the fault is ours gm, ford, Chrysler have employees that keep going back to buy the poor built product, and this is why the big three have not bothered to step up there product ,
we are the ones to blame for this, look at the past year the problems the big three had , axles, transmissions, electrical, air bags and so on...
no body is perfect........you get what you pay for.
Posted by: Chad | 2010-01-27 4:01:52 PM
Glad we bought a 2010 Mazda 3. A lot more fun to drive than any Corolla.
Fords are OK (Mazda shares platforms) but the Fusion we tried had a glaring quality issue in the interior. Still Ford is doing a lot right not the least of which is not running cap in hand to the government. New models coming out like the Taurus, Fiesta and a new Focus will give them a boost too.
Posted by: Franchirt | 2010-01-27 4:06:35 PM
My comment is about a 2007 Matrix. My 18 year old daughter was returning to college after the holidays in pretty cold weather and blew the motor. According to Toyota, there was a defect in the motor sensor where it should have alerted to low oil in the engine but by the time they stopped and checked the car and oil, it was too late. Toyota did fix the engine at no cost. I don't know that I would buy a Toyota. I don't think they are superior in any way.
Posted by: Wake up call for Toyota | 2010-01-27 5:31:20 PM
I think it is fair to say that Toyota has been hiding the accelerator problem for so long. Last year they blamed on floor carpet stuck and this has caused the gas pedal from releasing. This has caused some deaths in United State and now the problem is escalating; as a result they have no choice but to halt production and sale. This is the wake up call for Toyota. I am not a GM worker. I just had bad experience with Toyota product. Please do not fix recall problem (when customer has his/her car in for maintenance service) without issuing a recall.