Toyota repaired more than 4 million vehicles affected by recalls linked to unintended acceleration

O I thought Toyota did not have a problem
Laughs

We all make mistakes but there are people on this forum that swears there was no problem. So if there is/was no problem why did Toyota fix 4 million cars?

numerouno.... My dear friend you told me to stop whining then you break out in tears about how Ford will have a bunch of recalls? TOO FUNNY

Huu Japan will not let many foreign nations sale cars in Japan gives Toyota Capital to make cars like the Prius now tell me again who is helping who?

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/04/jim-press-prius.html


The automotive press was abuzz earlier this month as corporations flung around statements related to the development of hybrid vehicles, suggesting Toyota may have received an unfair advantage by receiving government funding for research and development. However, Toyota isn’t the only automaker to receive government assistance. More than a decade ago, American tax dollars supported an auto industry initiative to develop a marked advance focused on developing a marketable, 80-mpg family car.

This conflict flared up recently after Business Week magazine published a quote from Jim Press, former president of Toyota’s U.S. division: “The Japanese government paid for 100 percent of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.” In September 2007, Press left Toyota to become Chrysler’s vice chairman and president.

Jimpresspriusnyshow While Press’s statement may not sound earth shaking, the news rocked Detroit. The impression left is that Toyota received an unfair advantage (i.e., government support), when some captains of the American car industry have long justified their delay, both on and off the record, in developing hybrids by claiming that such complex vehicles can’t make money due to huge development costs. They may be right. Even if the Japanese government did help pay for the development of the Prius, that doesn’t necessarily make it profitable. (Jim Press is shown here at the 2001 New York International Auto Show with first-generation Prius prepped for the transit authority.)

There is some dispute about the veracity or the details of Press’s claim. Toyota has refuted it. Chrysler has clarified the statements in a media-focused blog with “He said the Japanese government strongly supported R & D (research and development) investment in battery development, and the Prius and other Japanese models benefited from that investment in industry.” Yet, in testimony in 2007, Press told Congress that the Japanese government did not pay for any Prius research and development.

Whatever the truth may be, all the attention this story has generated may have left a false impression in readers’ minds. It implies that if only the U.S. government supported Detroit the way the Japanese government does Toyota, Detroit might not have lost the race to develop efficient, advanced hybrid cars.

A quick history lesson debunks this myth:

From 1993 to 2000, the United States did spend about $1.2 billion helping the American auto industry develop hybrids just like the Prius. The program was called the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV). It was a joint effort between the Department of Energy, national laboratories, universities, and the Big 3 U.S. automakers (through a research consortium called USCAR). The goal was for each of the automakers to build a prototype family sedan that could achieve 80 mpg and cost no more than a similar

Apparently Toyota has been bailed out by Japan in the past.

It just goes to show how ignorant some Toyota owners are, half of them are just not all there,lol

I never liked Toyota's gas pedals, even on the older models, they take so long to move up, If you own a Toy you know what I am talking about.

You speak the unbiased truth and you still have at least one or two blind Toyota lovers deboosting reality. Or they have never driven a toy? There is no denying that there is a huge delay when you lift your foot off the accelerator.

damn, that's a lot of twist ties and pins to limit throttle throw, I bet they may have spent $10,000 total fixing these cars lol

Toyota is just a "business" like all other businesses.. they are not holy or sacred, but a money making machine. So stop taking it so personally if people bash on Toyota, jeeeze. It's a for-profit company looking out for its shareholders, nothing more.

Same applies to Honda, BMW or VW. People treat these car companies like some sort of unassailable religion. If you're a fan of a car, then so be it, but have some perspective.

I agree! I am loyal to none, I am loyal to a good well built,economical safe vehicle.

truckman, "I am loyal to none, I am loyal to a good well built,economical safe vehicle."


Name one.

Huu many foreign car companies have received money to develop electric cars from the US government what has Japan done to help the Big3 because from the leaf to the tesla roadster was help funded by taxpayers like me while Japan restriction on imports from the US are blocked from Japanese streets

i think the ecms are bad but there saying no heard throw the grape vins that elctric power lines will cause it dont know its true but i can see it happening all i can say is working for chevy is a good thing love america and love are cars and trucks we are makeing god bless the USA

How many Fusion's has Ford fixed for sticky throttles?