Honda And Daihatsu Throw 5 MILLION More Vehicles In To Airbag Recall Talley - Has Japanese Quality Gone To The Dogs?

Honda And Daihatsu Throw 5 MILLION More Vehicles In To Airbag Recall Talley - Has Japanese Quality Gone To The Dogs?
The global Takata airbag recall expanded by millions more vehicles for the second time in as many days today, with Honda Motor Co. and Daihatsu calling back more inflators.

The latest recalls affect some 4.89 million vehicles at Honda and about 260,000 at Daihatsu, the mini vehicle subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp. The safety campaigns came just a day after Toyota and Nissan Motor Co. announced a similar recall of more than 6.5 million cars globally.



Agent009Agent009 - 5/14/2015 11:28:36 AM
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This brings the total to about 36 million bad airbag by a single supplier. Pretty much everything they have made in the last decade is going to come back


TheSteveTheSteve - 5/14/2015 11:43:05 AM
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As much as I see this Takata airbag fiasco as a very serious matter, I don't believe it is a signal that "Japanese quality has gone to the dogs."

We live in an imperfect world. Crap will happen, even to the best of us. (BTW, this statement does not imply that the Japanese makes are "the best.")


Agent009Agent009 - 5/14/2015 2:56:04 PM
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Part of the issue is the increased reliance on single vendors.

Since everyone goes for the lowest bid, almost everyone uses the same source and if there is an issue....well then you see what happens

International standards might help here.


TheSteveTheSteve - 5/14/2015 3:28:04 PM
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'009 writes "Part of the issue is the increased reliance on single vendors"

I don't know enough about the auto industry to support or challenge your statement, but assuming you're right, a single supplier for a huge portion (or all) of the consumers is a very serious risk. Even if we have high international standards and legislation, a Tsunami or some other disaster could impact global supply of parts, which could then impact global supply of vehicles. Any single point of failure without redundancy is a risk.


Vette71Vette71 - 5/14/2015 7:53:17 PM
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The concept of a single supplier relies on a firm set of specs the supplier has to meet as well as understanding the suppliers processes to manufacture the parts. It isn't necessarily the cheapest solution. It is the best total cost that matters. It is quite possible that Honda, et.al. did all the right stuff in deciding on Takada as their supplier. And like wise the Takada airbag may have been the standard. The Takada problem didn't show up until years later. As The Steve correctly points out scheiss happens.


800over800over - 5/14/2015 7:14:21 PM
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Umm....where is the link? Or is this editorializing?
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