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Toyota Adds 154,000 Cars to 2009 Recall

It's not over: The 2010 Lexus RX is now part of the original floormat recall.

By Clifford Atiyeh Jun 29, 2012 8:48AM
2010 Lexus RX 350 (c) MSN AutosToyota's unprecedented recalls, which began in 2009 with the purpose of reshaping gas pedals and tying down floormats on some 9 million cars, is the lawyer's gift that keeps on giving. And it's still not over.

Today, Toyota said it would add two more models to its first recall, the 2010 Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h, to prevent throttles from sticking under poorly placed floormats. Lexus dealers will begin repairs for about 154,000 cars in August. For more information, look up www.lexus.com/recall or call Lexus at 1-800-255-3987.

After the first recalls in 2009 (which continued into 2010), Toyota faced criticism for building cars that could suddenly accelerate out of control. These claims were proven false by government tests and even NASA engineers, although Toyota did have to pay a fine of $16.4 million for reporting the recall too late.

However, that hasn't stopped hundreds of civil suits alleging sudden acceleration and, in some tragic cases, wrongful deaths, that won't begin to go to court until next year, according to Automotive News. Toyota, which has since refused to settle cases, reportedly has so many supporting documents to fight back that they would stack as high as eight Empire State Buildings.

[Source: Toyota]

143Comments
Jul 2, 2012 6:29AM
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Hey for all you Detroit craptastic fans the Jeep gas tank recall is up to 7 million vehicles now. This recall is easy, pull your floor mat that the dealer put over the orginal floor mat and problem solved. The Jeep gas tank fire recall you can't fix as easily because it's an engineering scr!w up. Problem is the media hasn't blasted the Jeep recall all over the media because then people would be freaking out and returning their Jeeps if they knew the fire danger.
Jul 1, 2012 7:01PM
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everyone do me a favor! type "recall" in the search box on msn autos, then come back and tell me who has more recalls, american cars or japs?
Jul 1, 2012 3:37PM
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And the Toyota recall machine keeps pumping out more defective vehicles!

Oh what a feeling, Toyota!

Jul 1, 2012 11:38AM
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Japanese cars are always cheap and junky, although sometimes they are wrapped in expensive plastic or leather, to give the impression of quality. "Giving the impression"...is what Japanese cars do best . Sadly, Americans fall for this on a daily basis (see MSN's article "Honda Best in PERCEIVED Quality")
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To Jeffrey:

I always have bought Detroit Iron, and love it.  By the way; in Europe, small, close together pedals were used on sporty, performance-oriented cars, not plain vanilla utility cars.

Mike

Jun 30, 2012 3:48PM
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Anyone buying a RX350 for the price they ask should be recalled themselves. 40% of the base vehicles asking prices especially from Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Lexus along with Toyota, Jeep and others are out of the league of the typical buying public. Cars this expensive almost warrant taking out another mortgage, and there is no reason the car manufacturers cannot build cars for less at the same level of quality.

Jun 30, 2012 1:32PM
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I wonder why people are crying "buy american", I did, and regretted it really bad.
Jun 30, 2012 8:28AM
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Four Toyotas in a row without one single penny spent on anything other than oil and air filters. That's quality folks!  Try to make that statement about your last four American cars........can't do it, I know, I have owned many of them. I fought for this country and am going to exercise my right to purchase what saves me money.
  Until Toyota, Honda and Subaru's quality and reliability slip below Detroit's cars, I am going to keep spending my money with the best.
  Ford is showing improvement but GM and Chrysler are a joke, they top NO ONES lists for the above categories and have even been surpassed by Korean auto makers now too.
  Keep writing your Japanese car hate stories, they are the best fiction reads I have read in quite sometime!!

Jun 30, 2012 5:26AM
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This is the biggest coverup in automotive history.  There are still stories of sudden acceleration after their so-called fix.  Toyota has had 18 million vehicles recalled worldwide over the last 3 years, but people still buy them because of perceived quality.  Let's start buying American vehicles again to get this country back to work.  And yes, Toyotas are not American, so don't pose that weak arugument.  They are here to avoid U.S. import quotas and tariffs. 
Jun 30, 2012 4:49AM
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Have we not heard this story before with the Camry?  Who is Toyota kidding. 

 

I have a Toyota Camry and that floor mat story simply does not fly.  When I have exhausted the extended warranty on my Camry, I'm dumping it!  Never to purchase another Toyota brand vehicle again ever. 

 

Enough is enough. 

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