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Toyota to recall 7.4 million vehicles over power window glitch

Rueters via Yahoo News -- Toyota Motor Company said it would recall more than 7.4 million vehicles worldwide as a faulty power window switch was a potential fire hazard, the latest in a series of setbacks that have dented the reputation of Japan's biggest automaker.

The voluntary move is the biggest single recall since Ford pulled 8 million vehicles off the road in 1996 to replace defective ignition switches that could have caused engine fires.

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honda0105
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another case of ppl don't care when they do their work.
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Oh what a feeling!
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It looks like several models are affected . The vehicles recalled outside Japan include some models of the Yaris, Vios, Corolla, Matrix, Auris, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia, xB and xD produced between 2005 and 2010.
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quality assurance takes a vacation... again
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"... the latest in a series of setbacks that have dented the reputation ..."

Really? I hadn't heard that their reputation has been questioned (again).
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Yikes, a potential fire. Not good.
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fix it
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2004 Corolla. No recalls ever. 188,000 miles. Runs great.
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Too bad ...
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I am still driving my 2001 Camry. Never had a recall. Driven 150,000 miles. Love it.
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They need to quit using KY Jelly for window switch lubricant. Only use it on prospective buyers !!!
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Recalls,recalls,recalls. What happened to quality control and product testing?
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big recall by (insert name here) for (insert reason here) affecting (insert year[s]here)..

film at 11am..
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and we need to drill
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ok
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See those guys just additive to Japanese car... :P
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Toyota's are over priced junk
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Whod have thunk it could/would ever happend?
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Another Oops for toyota, whats up with the japenese giant
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Still like my crank windows.
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Good.
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nice
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A lot of inconvenienced customers.
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whats new?
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wow thats alot of cars !!!
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Sweet, I want a Toyota if they're going to recall em every 3 or 4 years...
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ok
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MAKE Self Extinguishing switches???
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So much for foreign cars being better then American!!!
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OK
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Thank goodness this wont apply to my Toyota.
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I don't expect this will set them back much at all.
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every body has problems.
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Every company is worried to death about the Sokolove Brothers suing them. In the end, we all pay the bill. Ridiculous. Let's start making plaintiffs who lose pay the defendants legal tab. That will get us straight in a hurry.
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I have two Toyota vehicles and they are made in the great old U.S.A.
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More trouble for these guys, buy American.
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Maybe Toyota has learned it's lesson the hard way.
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Recall is getting common these days.
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never owned one, never will. buy american
same people cry when their job is off-shored (or near-shored) and they keep buying big ticket items with most of the money (and jobs) are not here
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Uh oh!
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Costly recall.
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Big OOPS!
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buy American
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k thanks for the update
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Seems like a real error on their part, but at least they are fixing them.
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Those electric windows will be expensive.
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more quality from the same company that gave you floormat and brake issues.
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They are realy trashing their name
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Ok
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