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NBR story on Toyota and other recalls - best recalls only 75% effective

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Feb 13, 2010.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    Toyota's Pick Up Truck Recall | Nightly Business Report | PBS

    Video at (skip to 5:50 mark. Segment is ~2.5 minutes long):
    Video Player | Nightly Business Report | PBS

    With all the negative overblown media attention about Toyota's recalls and so many people forming opinions (some negative), this story points out another stat (I'd heard figures like this before).

    Some quotes:
    The National Consumers League is suggestiing:
    :rolleyes:

    Great... some people are blowing the whole situation so out of proportion and worried and all w/the daily negative attention that Toyota was getting for weeks and they think Toyota should gives incentives to people to get free safety related recall work done???
     
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    Just goes to so how stupid most of the masses are...