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Oops! How is that world domination going, Toyota?

 

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http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=496851

 

A question for fellow members... given the [hypothetical] scenario would you be sold on a vehicle if its fit and finish impressed or be turned off by the fact its a vehicle plagued by recalls?

The reason why I pose this question is that we all know Toyota have a great reputation for building vehicles of great quality. As potential customer, if you were impressed by the vehicle's build quality, would you overlook it's recall history if that vehicle were over-represented? The numbers seem to suggest that although Toyota have had more than their fair share of recalls recently, people still flock to their showrooms and buy up their vehicles.

 

Toyota's quality has gone down the ****ter......once the media takes note of this(which will take an eternity) the public will finally realize that Toyota's aren't "Green", they're aren't built better, and they are not American.

So no I wouldn't buy one...and even if they were the best cars on earth and **** dollar bills, the answer is still no.

 

I don't think most people even notice the recalls unless they are something very serious like gas tank explosions because that will be on more than the 6pm local news. So for perspective buyers unless your a car buff or read consumer reports you'd not be likely to know of recalls.

However, lets say you own a Toyota that is recalled or know someone who does it may start to make you think twice about the quality that Toyota is widely know for. Is that enough for you not to buy one well thats the $100k question.

 

Most potential customers don't know about these recalls.
If the media widely publicized these recalls, as they do for the domestics, more of the mainstream public would realize that Toyota is NOT better than GM or Ford.

 

On the flip side, not too many car companies have the buyer loyalty that Toyota command. It's taken decades for Toyota to develop its quality reputation. On that note, it will probably take decades to undo that reputation if Toyota continue to build cars with variable quality, such is the strength of that badge atm.

 

Funny . In a persuit to catch GM in the market, Toyota is "stooping" to GM's "level" . That's amazing! Just goes to show that mass-producing THAT MANY cars & trucks is not an easy task to do without major problems surfacing . It almost puts things in perspective and (IMO) makes GM not look so "bad". While their (GM's) vehicles do have many faults/quirks about them, I don't think GM has been riddled with so many recalls in the past few years??? (someone please feel free to provide actual stats on that though)

 

That's the bad thing about selling so many cars. You get a problem in one, you get it in them all and the recall number looks devastating.

 

from the other thread

 

The recall got a blurb on the "TODAY" show this morning. That's a very far reaching audience.

 

I don't think public perception is affected much by recalls. It's affected by cars that fall apart with 60K miles on the clock.

Maybe if people start getting burned by Toyota in large numbers, but realistically that would take many years.

 

That IS unfortunately how it IS. Every yota owner I know, and talk to, about any of these recalls, they are always completely oblivious to it.

 

Yeah, but did that blurb include any snide remarks, as is almost always the case, when GM's "problems" are mentioned by the media dogs? With GM it's never, just a blurb, and that's the point!