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Old 01-27-2010, 02:12 PM  
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Hmmm... defective part seems to have been manufactured in CANADA... not the U.S.

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC View Post
I guess this were toyotas produced in the US. We all know that the quality standards in US factories aren't very high. If you want quality, always buy stuff produced overseas or produced for the overseas market.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Toyota...sset=&cc ode=
From the above article...

"The suspect parts are made by a U.S. supplier, but they are also found in its European-made vehicles, an official with the automaker said Wednesday. Toyota said it hasn't decided what to do there.

The supplier is CTS Corp., based in Elkhart, Ind., and the problem part was manufactured at its plant in Ontario, Canada, according to a report Toyota handed to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week.

CTS has not replied to a request for comment sent earlier this week.

Toyota's report says it first received reports in March 2007, of gas pedals being slow to come back in the Tundra pickup, and fixed the problem in February 2008.

Starting in December 2008, similar problems were reported in Europe with the Aygo and Yaris models. Toyota said it lengthened a part and changed the material to fix the problem, starting in August 2009.

The latest problem emerged in North America, culminating in the decision for the recall earlier this month."
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