Toyota to recall Prius in Japan?

I, too, love my 2005 Prius and will continue to stick to Toyota cars and trucks!

don't think that Japanese corporations can ever be out-maneuvered in their attempts to hide problems. they are just as slick as the rest of big business.
the gas pedal issue is nothing so new that the Detroit Free Press hasn't been following it since 2003.

http://www.asq.org/qualitynews/qnt/execute/displaySetup?newsID=7980&WT.mc_id...

At least it wasn't a Ford Pinto...

http://www.corporatenarc.com/fordpintoscandal.php

I give it six months to a year and most people (other than those who already didn't like Toyota) will have forgotten/stopped worrying about this. And not all of one type of car are built with the exact same parts in all countries. This is common among many car manufacturers, and not just a way to save money. In some cases the manufacturer may not exist in the country that an auto plant exists (I don't believe Denso produces anything in the US). The part manufacturer may stop producing the part (Honda's changing of brake providers for some car models, sometimes mid-year). Sometimes a part or component may not conform to the laws of all countries that the car is sold in (Lotus' usage of the Toyota Celica engine in it's USDM Elise/Exige instead of it's original Rover engine due to emissions). Toyota just got a little too big for it's britches going after GM, and just needs to re-evaluate and reinforce it's commitment to quality. You could also say that if there's any reason to not have interchangeable parts from model to model, this is it.

Unfortunately it looks like Toyota USA may go the way of GM in the future. The recent problems they've had are all due to some asshole CEO getting a bug up his ass to pinch pennies.

When this happens the first thing they think about doing, is substituting genuine parts for knock offs (cheaper, less genuine parts), or they find a cheaper supplier, that for some reason can't build the parts to engineered specs. If the parts are not built to engineered specs and they decide to use the parts anyway, what do you think the end result is? Does sticking gas pedal sound familiar? It also could be a computer malfunction.

This is incredibly stupid, because the damaged reputation from the recalls are going to cost them far more money than they ever thought they could have saved by using cheaper parts or parts not built to specs.

I've noticed how Toyota of Japan for the most part has been immune to these mechanical gas pedal defect debacles. This is mainly a USA problem, but now they're recalling cars in Japan too? I'm speechless.

And Toyota, let's stick to key ignition shall we? The push button ignition has proven to be convenient but not safe.

I still love my 2005 Prius.

walk...

This is the sign of company with integrity. At HUGE expense to themselves they are saying "we screwed up and we will make it better". I am SO wanting a Toyota car right now.

No Toyota's standards are too high for me to want to believe this. And the Japanese don't put out inferior products

Toyota is getting hurt bad with this. Its sad because Toyota has been a quality brand for so long and ever since they became the number one auto maker in the world and their production grew, quality went down with it. Honda has been ranked number one in quality for a bit as well and even they had problems with recalls lately. I guess American auto companies can take advantage of this now, or the Germans and Koreans will haha!

So some of the Toyota's have problems with sticking accelerator pedals, and the Prius has a brake problem? What's the brake pedal problem?