U.S. Transportation Secretary: Stop Driving Recalled Toyotas
February 3, 2010 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, News, Toyota
Toyota is not having a good start to 2010 and next few months do not look all too promising either after the U.S. Transportation Secretary asks owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving them. From the recent sticking gas pedal recall, to a massive 16% in sales decline, to a recent Prius brake investigation underway, Toyotas light at the end of the tunnel is being extinguished.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has just announced that Toyota owners should stop driving cars affected by recall and take them to the dealer. Now, I think this is a bold statement on part of the Ray LaHood considering the massive panic that this recall has already caused. In LaHood’s statement to a house committee today he said, “My advice is if anyone owns one of these vehicles stop driving it and take it to Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it.” He also added that “We will also be investigating the electronic components that are in these cars and if they’re not safe, we’ll have Toyota take a look at that.”
Toyota has been cooperative in the recent investigations to get to the bottom of the pedal recall issue(s). Toyota’s reputation seems to be on the line with no “quick fix” that will make everything back to the way it was.
Will you be taking your recalled Toyota into the dealership this week after LaHood’s statement? Does this ruin the perception of Toyota that you had before the recall? Post your comments below!
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Larry on Wed, 3rd Feb 2010 12:51 pm
Hey, people wanted some “excitement” from Toyota… well… they have it now! LOL
Neal on Wed, 3rd Feb 2010 2:51 pm
Hey Mr. LaHood!!! WTF am I going to do for transporation to work everyday. LaHood is a tool and major Douche! How is Toyota suppose to fix millions of cars like TODAY? And what says the issue does not happen on the way to the Toyota dealership? Lahood needs to shut the F*CK UP and let Toyota fix their issue like they said they would. I hate the government trying to run every damn thing!
neecee on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 5:12 pm
It’s obvious that the U.S. government is maligning Toyota in order to boost sales for the companies that they bailed out. Why else would they be involved so publicly in this recall event? My Ford Windstar was just recalled and I was advised in the recall letter not to park my Windstar near any structures as it could burst into flames, even when not running. Not one word of this was reported in the news like this one has been. It’s ridiculous and it stinks!