On 02/03/2010 10:00 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Here is a detailed report on Toyota's troubles, which is pretty damning: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/business/01toyota.html > > "Toyota's Slow Awakening to a Deadly Problem," January 31, 2010 I found this bit very suprising; I'd gotten the impression (from Toyota statements, I think) that Toyota decided to do the shutdown on their own, for safety reasons: [from the NYT article:] > Last week, the transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, said in an > interview with a Chicago radio station that Toyota had halted production > of recalled vehicles “because we asked them to.” > > Indeed, Toyota had to be told by regulators to shut down production and > suspend sales of the cars and trucks in the latest recall until it had > the parts necessary to fix them. It was yet another example of a slow > response from a company long known for its meticulous approach to > building cars and servicing customers. So, in style befitting GM or Exxon, they shut down production and suspended sales only when forced to do so. This doesn't make me want to run out and buy a Toyota, whether or not they eventually declare the problem 'fixed'.
