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Blinded: More Software Recalls from Mercedes-Benz, Toyota

Posted on 25 July 2022 by Ken Zino

There’s irony in the ongoing automotive hardware safety problems that are caused by a software infection. In the latest two examples of expensive, normally robust machines by Mercedes-Benz and Toyota have vision systems that are subject to the safety-defect recalls that were publicly revealed today by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls 280,000 Venza Models for Defective Side Airbags

Posted on 19 April 2021 by Ken Zino

The Venza models  are equipped with an airbag sensor installed in the driver- side front door. The sensor is connected to the Supplemental Restraint System Electronic Control Unit by a pair of twisted wires in a Yazaki North America supplied harness routed from the door to the vehicle body through a grommet. Because of a larger difference between the wire harness length and grommet length, there is a tighter bending radius for the wire harness inside the grommet. Continue reading →

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More Airbag Recalls from BMW, Toyota and Volvo

Posted on 3 October 2016 by Ken Zino

Only at BMW is the supplier Takata responsible for once again defective welds on its PSDI-X inflator. The Toyota recall involves Chinese supplier ARC Qing Hua (Xian) Automotive Company. Volvo did not name the supplier. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls Sienna Minivans for Roll-Aways

Posted on 26 September 2013 by Ken Zino

Toyota said that the shift lock solenoid that is part of the interlock system installed in involved vehicles could become damaged with providing details about accidents or injuries. Continue reading →

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Huge Toyota and Lexus Recall for Unsafe Suspensions

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ken Zino

Toyota is recalling almost 800,000 2006-2011 RAV4 and 2010 Lexus HS250h vehicles because a rear tie rod can fail abruptly sending the wheel askew resulting in an unsafe car out of control. Continue reading →

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Toyota Expands Hybrid Recalls for Sudden Shut Downs

Posted on 5 September 2013 by Ken Zino

In the involved Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX 400h vehicles, transistors within the hybrid system’s inverter assembly can experience heat damage “due to variations in characteristics of the transistors built in parallel circuits,” which in Toyota’s disingenuous view is different from the previous recall for the same problem. Continue reading →

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Latest Toyota Recall is for Prius, Lexus HS 250h Hybrids

Posted on 5 June 2013 by Ken Zino

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A has been given permission from its Japanese headquarters to recall 87,000 model year 2010 Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h vehicles because of defective brakes. The U.S. arm of the world’s largest automaker is powerless to order a recall on its own. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls Corolla, Sequoia, Tundra, Lexus SC 430 Airbags

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Ken Zino

Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Tundra, and Lexus SC 430 models are being recalled for defective airbags. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls FJ Cruiser Models for Defective Safety Belts

Posted on 15 March 2013 by Ken Zino

In its latest safety problem, Toyota Motor Sales is recalling 209,000 FJ Cruiser trucks because the safety belt retractors can pry loose. These safety belt retractors for the driver and front passenger safety belts are mounted in the rear access doors of the vehicle. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls More than 1 Million Corolla and Lexus IS Cars

Posted on 30 January 2013 by Ken Zino

Bad airbags and windshield wipers are forcing the recalls of 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix models and 270,000 Lexus IS cars by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S. The two separate safety recalls are the result of a defective airbag control module … Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls 150,000 Tacoma Pickups for Rust and Corrosion

Posted on 21 November 2012 by Ken Zino

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. is recalling 150,000 Tacoma pickup trucks from the 2011 to 2004 model years because corrosion can suddenly jettison the spare tire from under the bed. While U.S. Tacoma sales for those years are much higher, only vehicles originally sold or currently registered in 20 cold climate states and the District of Columbia will be inspected and have the spare tire carrier assembly replaced if need be. Critics of such limited actions maintain they do not fix all the potentially unsafe vehicles. Automakers use them to cut down on the costs of a full recall. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls 2.7 million Cars for Sudden Stops, Steering Failures

Posted on 14 November 2012 by Ken Zino

Toyota is recalling almost three million cars including Prius hybrid and Corolla models around the world because the hybrid engine can shut down suddenly or steering can fail completely. The gigantic recall is caused by a bad cooling pump in the hybrid system and a defective steering shaft in hybrids and other cars. More than 1.5 million vehicles are being recalled in Japan, with at least another 1.2 million in other parts of the world. Continue reading →

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GM, Toyota Computer Problems Cause Latest Safety Recalls

Posted on 29 May 2012 by Ken Zino

The ongoing computerization of vehicle systems has caused safety recalls at GM and Toyota. In the latest round of software malfunctions, brand new 2013 model Chevrolet Malibu cars can blow up the roof rail airbag for no reason or prevent the air bags from going off in a severe accident. Toyota’s Lexus luxury division is recalling its 2013 model GS performance sedans because a sensor can cause the steering wheel to be wildly out of place to where the front wheels are actually pointed. Continue reading →

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Toyota Recalls Almost 700,000 Vehicles in U.S. for Camry, Venza and Tacoma Electronic Faults

Posted on 7 March 2012 by Ken Zino

The latest quality gaffs can cause vehicle no-starts, failed stoplights, stuck transmission gear levers as well as warning lights going off, and airbags not going off in three separate high-volume vehicle lines. Continue reading →

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Another Two Honda Recalls for Fires and Tailgate Struts

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Ken Zino

Honda is experiencing something similar to Toyota’s well publicized quality meltdown. During the past year or so, Honda has issued more than 26 public statements about various safety defects and recalls in the U.S. The question remains will NHTSA fine Honda, absent the high profile, highly critical Congressional hearings that Toyota and NHTSA endured, or the egregious behavior of BMW that NHTSA just called out? Last week NHTSA fined BMW of North America and its German parent company $3 million for not reporting safety defects promptly. It was the second highest fine in history after Toyota paid almost $50 million in 2010 for not disclosing safety defects promptly. Continue reading →

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