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Official Product Recall Thread
I figured this would be a good place to post any product recalls (automobiles, child safety products, etc.) as a PSA to the folks here.
I'll kick off the thread with a big one: Toyota recalls more than 6 million vehicles - Apr. 9, 2014 |
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04-09-2014, 08:04 PM | #2 |
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A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
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04-09-2014, 08:18 PM | #3 | |
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Quote:
You can always lie about your computer chip acceleration problems being caused by some bullcrap thing like floor mats, too. But that's so 2009 SI
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04-09-2014, 08:26 PM | #4 |
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Wife drives a 2013 Highlander,thanks for posting this.
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04-09-2014, 08:44 PM | #5 |
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That was fight club SI
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04-09-2014, 09:17 PM | #6 | |
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EDIT: Oh, the quote. Duh. I always figured they were describing the Ford Pinto case as it's one of those that is taught in practically every engineering ethics class. Unfortunately, it actually happened. Quote:
That one's a bit personal with me as my dad actually experienced it. He's not part of the lawsuits or anything but he had to sit through 5 years of Toyota claiming it was some floor mats or gas pedal bs. SI
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04-10-2014, 07:31 AM | #7 |
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Let's not forget GM and their gas tanks mounted outside the frame of the truck.
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04-10-2014, 07:52 AM | #8 |
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GM also has the issue with the ignitions screwing up and there's a number of models that are getting recalled. On my Saturn, I recently had it lock up on me to where I couldn't turn off my car even if I took out the key. My cousin came and fixed it. He said the new part was better made, and the previous one wasn't ever greased like the new one is.
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