The Great Japanese Recall.

So Toyota Motor Company had a massive recall yesterday regarding eight of their models. It was a problem with the accelerator pedals being sticky. Dangerous situation here. They also stopped productions at six plants regarding these models. They are hugely popular models. Although they did the right thing here but their reputation may suffer since it was the second recall in less than six months.

Personally I like Toyota cars (I owe one now too). They are reliable and good quality wise, which is also the reason they were very popular in third world countries. It was sad to see so many recalls by one of the most efficient car makers in the world. I can understand one or two recalls of some models but having eight models recalled means that they realize that they have huge problem in their hands.

How did this ever come about to this? Toyota is still the one of the most efficient car makers in the world. The thing is that in order to make more cars something along the way they lost in touch with quality. It will be a deeply embarrassing situation for the top brass in the Japanese headquarters, since its all about the reputation there.

I sincerely hope that this recall is the end of their problems and it must be solved quickly and they should take a step back and look at what they have done wrong recently that led to this fiasco. I would rather prefer quality than quantity if I were a car manufacturer.