Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that it would recall about 1.13 million Corolla and Matrix cars in the United States due to defective electronic control units that could cause the vehicles to stall.
Toyota said it had unconfirmed reports of three accidents and one minor injury in connection with problems with the units on vehicles from the 2005 through 2008 model years. It will replace the units.
The recall of the Corolla and Matrix cars adds to the 11 million vehicles Toyota has recalled in the last year, denting the automaker’s reputation for safety and leaving it under intense scrutiny by U.S. safety regulators.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Aug. 18 intensified a probe into reports of stalling in the vehicles from the 2005 through 2007 model years, upgrading a preliminary investigation opened in November 2009.
“The engine can stall at any speed without warning and not restart,” NHTSA said in a report on its Web site.
Toyota Canada also is recalling the vehicles and said Thursday that it had no reports of accidents or injuries.
The automaker said cracks could develop in connections on an electronic component that prevents excessive voltage, in some cases resulting in harsh shifting, a failure to start or stalling.
Toyota said owners would receive notices about the recall starting in mid-September and would receive a notification later when replacement parts are available.
After all these recalls why would anyone still consider buying Toyota!
Given how the Government and the media have tried to harm Toyota’s reputation ever since the government motors takeover, what issues are you talking about. Each of the ‘braking’ issues that the media covered was determined to be user error (pressing gas instead of brakes, etc..), and yet even though not a single case was confirmed to be Toyota’s issues, not media reports corrected their earlier doomsday statements.
Seems an awful like the the Audi issues in the early 80’s., where the U.S. Gov’t and media tried to bring down Audi’s reputation.
If you would like to know the truth research the number of vehicles recalled by all automakers since 1980, and you will see that Toyota had less recalls than all the US car-makers did, even last year. This is the case in 9 or the last 10 years.
Enough with the Pro-American – Anti Competitive drivel. Let’s let the best car win.
Ever wonder why Toyota got a free pass from the gov’t and rating agencies for years? Think maybe there was some payola going on under the table? Maybe Consurmer Reports and others should be investigated!
I’ve driven GM products for years and they’re a darn fine automoble with very few recalls
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