Toyotas major problem with there cars.

[yammer hammer]

Toyota is having a aweful time with there cars from the years of 2007 and the new ones 2010. They are having problems with the accelerator and it is going down to the floor which has caused many accidents and some ones more fatal than others. I was watching CNN and I seen the CEO of Toyota on there he said he was having major stress! and he is very sorry for the failure of his cars. I told people that Toyotas where junk but nobody listens to me, and this is the result of junk.

Yammer Hammer.

[Dirtcrasher]

TOYOTA is not junk.....

IDNK the exact issue but apparently one of these is just a simple shim fix.

Toyota is like Honda, tight tolerances. Sometimes a thousandth here or there is all it takes to bind up. I bet this shim just gives the pedal pivot a bit more play.

As far as any issues with software, well, thats the problem. Old school is gonezo, computers run everything and they aren't perfect either.

Your entitled to your opinion but I wouldn't trade my 94 Toy 4x4 for much, unless I had to tow!! 33" tires not geared don't tow well!!

[yammer hammer]

Maybe not man but I would say that there in a heap of trouble and they are going to have a hard time to get out of it, and might not ever.

[K87_250ES]

They are not junk, I have had really good luck with Toyotas. Its a problem they will have to sort out. Just like Ford with the tires on the Explorer.

[yammer hammer]

well exactly fords suck to in my opioion. dodges and chevys are the only way to go!

[Trimotomike]

Toyota is gonna have a hard time coming out of this . I just saw on the news where a Lawyer in Miami is starting a class action lawsuit against them saying he has thousands of clients injured becasue of this problem . I have always been impressed with Toyota products all except the Tundras , poor excuse for a truck in my opinion . Rented and drove 2 different Tundras to go on road trips , the loaded one with the big v8 and tow package acted like it was pulling a tractor trailer behind it when in reality it was an 86 s-10 lo,l tranny kept heating up and slipping not to mention it was 4x4 and had zero ground clearence . But there older stuff seems friggen bullitproof . Seems like everyone is cutting corners and product quality and safety suffer .

[yammer hammer]

man I agree with you!

[86trizinger]

A lot of car manufacturers have had this same type of problem with the throttle sticking. Mercedes, VW's , Chrysler. I think its just how long before they realized the problem before they actually caught it.


Sorry I corrected it.. been sick .

[dcreel]

I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with a throttle cable. Most cars these days are drive by wire meaning that there is a receiver on the throttle body that tells the throttle body how far to open depending on the throttle pedal. As far as Toyota being junk, I have owned several and never had a problem with any of them. I would have no problem buying a new Toyota now either. Toyota is doing this due to a small number of deaths due to crashes involving the foot pedal. They are doing what they need to do to safely fix the problem. I can also tell you that Toyota pretty much set the standard for quality when it comes to building anything. There is a book about it. Lean manufacturing was designed by Toyota and is now in use by almost everyone, including Cessna where I work building jets.

There is a reason why Toyota sells more cars than most of the manufacturers out there. They are incredible cars. They will be back on top. Besides that, at least they weren't bought by the government to keep them from going bankrupt. Can you say that about GM or Chrysler? Look at GM's commercials anymore.. they look just like a presidential smear campaign. Our cars are bigger than yours.. Our cars get better mileage (fine print at the bottom:If you buy this model and remove the interior). It's a joke. I would easily buy a Toyota or Nissan over any so called American car maker. The japanese carmakers now build more of their cars in the US than the American car makers. The American car makers are all closing shop and moving to Mexico. I'm not even going to get into the unions that jack up the price of the vehicles they are selling.

And as far as a class action lawsuit coming, don't you watch tv? Lawyers see a problem such as this they start buying air time asking you if you have taken this or that, did you drive a Rhino? Call us and we will win you money? On a class action lawsuit the lawyers can make a killing regardless of the problem. Did you know there are lawyers out there that only do class action lawsuits? Because some hack filed a class action lawsuit doesn't mean anything towards Toyota's future.

[Dammit!]

I haven't heard anything about this throttle problem but Toyota has fallen off a bit in the fit and finish department over the last 2-3 years. I used to sell Nissans and we'd get to do side by sides where you can really see some distinct differences in simple things like how well the doors fit, how solid this and that feels, performance and all that.

I'm not saying they're bad cars or anything. They're obviously not. Just saying they have lost some of their edge recently. If I were in the market for an import car right now, I'd go with a Nissan or a Honda over a Toyota product (Nissan being the better bang for the buck than Honda... I sold those too, and Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge products for that matter). A year or two ago Nissan even started getting the awards that Toyota has owned for I don't even know how long.

On the flip side, if I were looking for a USED import car, say around a 2000-2002 model, I'd put Nissan in 3rd place behind Toyota and Honda. Honda has stayed pretty consistent over the years. Nissan has gotten a lot better than they used to be. Toyota has been starting to slip a little.

[Getmoresoon]

IMHO, it's not above a couple of those bailed out manufacturers to have paid off a few media outlets to latch onto this thing and shake it around as hard as they can like my dog does with his toys! Not like any Domestsux has EVER killed anyone because of a defect. Ohhh no....

[inv3ctiv3]

Toyota is NOT junk, you're crazy if you actually think that. The 22r is one of the most bullet proof motors ever built and their cars are good. I personally don't own one (I am a BMW man myself) but Toyota's make really good cars that will last for a long time.

[yammer hammer]

inv3ctiv3 they are so JUNK!

[atctim]

If Toyota is so junk then tell me why the Camry was the best selling car last year in the US? Also you fail to mention that Toyota does not manufacture the problem part. A company based here in the USA manufactured the problem part. Toyota will pull through this and they won't even need any bailout money to do so. By you saying Toyota are junk tells any one that knows anything about cars that you know nothing about cars!

[jb2wheels]

We're most of the "throttle problems" in the past traced to space between the steering wheel and the seat?