Recalls Up 25% In 2007 Primarily Due To Longer Lasting Vehicles

The number of vehicles recalled increased more than 25 percent in 2007, but the biggest recalls were largely limited to older models, suggesting that automakers are building more reliable cars and trucks.

Overall, 14.2 million vehicles were recalled this year, up from 11.2 million in 2006, but still far below the 30.8 million recalled in 2004, according to preliminary figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The increase is mainly due to a big jump at Ford Motor Co., which recalled 5.5 million vehicles this year, with about 4.8 million from 2004 and earlier model years. Most were recalled for a nagging problem with a cruise control deactivation switch the Dearborn-based automaker has been dealing with for years.

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1970toyotamarc - 12/27/2007 5:00:32 PM

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Nice job, 009. Gotta hand it to ya, if u cant stir up flames with the headline, how 'bout a picture. It's worth a thousand words, or so I'm told.

The Tundra has recalled some 20,000 vehicles (about a tenth of its salesa coording to the article.) Toyota as a whole is down on recalls, to about a half million. Staggeringly low compared to some competitors. (A point I have repeatedly made. Toyota's recall rate does not nearly match the posting rate of Toyota's recalls. Other mfrs recall much more often without making news.) Yet the picture we get accompanying the story is of a Tundra. Nice.

pacotacolol - 12/29/2007 8:11:35 PM

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yup

pchera01 - 12/27/2007 8:25:43 PM

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well, we haven't seen any new BMW or Lexus post yet

Anthony - 12/28/2007 10:09:36 AM

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Why is this site so obsessed with recall posting? If I want the latest information on recalls, I'll head over to the NHTSA's website.

pacotacolol - 12/28/2007 11:31:02 AM

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i would of never known

mmeecc - 12/28/2007 12:38:42 PM

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Lexus Admirer

If this is "germanspies.com" , why do you come here?

mmeecc - 12/31/2007 12:08:37 PM

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So you've come here to save our souls from the "EVIL" german automotive cult?
Geee, thanks for your great enlightment....

p.s. Maybe I can educate you about sarcasm.