More from Toyota....
Gee, I thought after the Pinto we kinda took care of this????
http://news.google.com/news/story?q=250h&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dtbrMMAsN5V-X2Mvr-O132va4AmRM&hl=en&ei=SXEnTMyPKIPbnAfg8OXhBQ&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CB0QqgIwAA
funny how people keep bringing up toyota quality issues but the recent Chevrolet steering issues and chrysler gas pedal(Holy E36 M3 same supplier as toyota).. issues..
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-to-recall-1-3-million-cobaltg5s/
http://www.freep.com/article/20100605/BUSINESS01/6050309/Chrysler-to-recall-25-000-to-fix-gas-pedals
yeah.. Toyota isn't the best.. I know.
Doesn't Ford also use that same gas pedal supplier, too?
I guess if your hybrid is leaking fuel all over the place, it kind of counteracts the fuel savings from it being a hybrid. Oh the irony.
So what are they going to do? They have a NTSB ordered recall without any way to fix it yet. Do they give the owners of the 250's there money back? Or another car? A Toyota paid for rental till they can fix it.. How does that work.
ignorant wrote: funny how people keep bringing up toyota quality issues but the recent Chevrolet steering issues and chrysler gas pedal(Holy E36 M3 same supplier as toyota).. issues.. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-to-recall-1-3-million-cobaltg5s/ http://www.freep.com/article/20100605/BUSINESS01/6050309/Chrysler-to-recall-25-000-to-fix-gas-pedals yeah.. Toyota isn't the best.. I know.
Thats the media for ya. People made a big stink over the Ford ignition switch recall and we heard barely a peep about the Honda ignition switch recall.
VW will be recalling DSG equiped vehicles for the third time. First it was replace the unit. Then it was update the software and now we are back to replacing the Mechatronics unit.
I suppose since VW has a fail safe built into the drive by wire and they dont have sticky pedal syndrome no one mentions the DSG problems.
dean1484 wrote: So what are they going to do? They have a NTSB ordered recall without any way to fix it yet. Do they give the owners of the 250's there money back? Or another car? A Toyota paid for rental till they can fix it.. How does that work.
I bet they have some sort of cost effective temporary fix for the cars already built and some sort of design change for the cars that have not been built.
Its all about making a buck.
i heard the new Ford gas cap-less system they use in the new Mustang allows the gas to slosh out of the top... 
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: i heard the new Ford gas cap-less system they use in the new Mustang allows the gas to slosh out of the top...
Did anybody see the commercial with the young guy going on about how awesome it was that he didn't have to fiddle with his Ford's gas cap, preventing any smell or dirt from getting on his hands?
If so, did anybody anybody else shake their head and pour one out on the concrete for his stillborn manhood?
Wait no gass cap? I must have been under a rock. I missed that one.
Matt B wrote:DukeOfUndersteer wrote: i heard the new Ford gas cap-less system they use in the new Mustang allows the gas to slosh out of the top...Did anybody see the commercial with the young guy going on about how awesome it was that he didn't have to fiddle with his Ford's gas cap, preventing any smell or dirt from getting on his hands? If so, did anybody anybody else shake their head and pour one out on the concrete for his stillborn manhood?
lol, I did. And when I saw it I couldn't help but wonder how he was going to maneuver the pump into the fuel door without getting said gas smell/dirt on his hands.
Maybe they should just have a pair of nitrile gloves hanging from the fuel door on a wire for girly-men like him...
Amazing is the fact that no release caps have been on the market for quite a while from various companies. I pumped gas for 5 years at a station in the mid-late nineties and so them occasionally. Seems true that the obsolete is being discovered every day.
I love the no gas cap system and I've never had an issue with fuel slop. BUT you can't put gas in with a gas can without the special adapter they hide in the car.
dean1484 wrote: Wait no gass cap? I must have been under a rock. I missed that one.
Ford F 150 pickups too, and probably others..the '10 F-150 I drive for work has no gas cap, and so far it works great.
Does anybody else find it ironic that the new Mustang's have a simulated gas cap on the back and no actual gas cap behind the fuel door?
Why should Mustangs have NON-functional gas caps? They have had non-functional scoops and vents for decades.
vwcorvette wrote: Amazing is the fact that no release caps have been on the market for quite a while from various companies. I pumped gas for 5 years at a station in the mid-late nineties and so them occasionally. Seems true that the obsolete is being discovered every day.
no different from every car commercial making a point to show that the car has "push-button start"....as if that is something that hasn't been around on cars for like a hundred years....
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