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Odd that they put "Toyota-owned automaker" in the headline instead of Daihatsu. Or something like, :"Daihatsu, owned by Toyota".
Whether the problems go "up the chain" to the parent company is TBD, I guess.
Apple-owned headphone company, beats, delivers lobotomies to customers.
Well you'd have to have gotten a lobotomy to want to buy beats in the first place.
WHY CAN WE NOT GET RESPONSIBLE HEADLINES ANY MORE??!
TIL Daihatsu is still around. They stopped selling cars in my country about 30 years ago.
Daihatsu basically sells rebranded Toyota cars with cheaper price, but with smaller engines, lower trim level, etc. They also sells cheap commercial vehicles such as small pickups.
And with worse safety, it would appear.
Or…
Very bad press for Toyota. Hopefully they will take the necessary steps to fix this.
Indeed, even worse consideeing just last week they recalled a ton of vehicles because of faulty airbags, and a month ago issued another recall for 12V batteries catching fire
There's always recalls going on, so it's not indicative of anything when they happen.
I've had 3 newer cars from 3 brands in 3 countries, and all 3 had a recall of some kind. In each case they just bring it in and fix it...
I'd much prefer a manufacturer that issues recalls over over one with a perfect track record. No one is perfect. At least one of them is acknowledging and fixing their mistakes.
It's when they don't do the recalls like Chrysler with their Pacifica minivans. That van has so many problems and the customer ends up paying for the repair. The harness corrosion behind the bumper, The grille shutter, hybrid coolant pump, electric ac expansion valves and I just had one with a crank position sensor code with the hybrid charging system making an awful racket with 9000 miles. Most of the problems I listed are usually under 30k miles. I didn't even get into their other vehicles. There's a reason Consumer Reports listed them as one of the most unreliable.
Really good point.
The Toyota Way isn't working.
Or rather bad press for Daihatsu, who this is actually about.
The headline is terrible and misleading.
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There are a lot of this kind of troubles appearing in Japan these days, such as Big Motor incidents and Johnny's child abuse scandals. I suspect that these companies have some kinds of collusion between the Japanese government and its related organizations, and the rapport is gradually collapsing (since former president Abe was killed).
I don't think it's collusion as much as not wanting to be the bearer of bad news, which snowballs into a cascade of lies.
I guess people will cheat and hide it everywhere.
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2023
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