Yet another Toyota recall

[Saint in Paradise]

Lexus New Zealand is recalling 185 of its V8 and GS450 vehicles because manufacturing flaws have been

found in engine valve springs.

 

Reliability tests in Japan discovered the problem which could cause abnormal engine noise or unstable idling.

 

Lexus New Zealand national manager Debbie Pattullo said the springs would be replaced over the next few

months, to remove the possibility of future problems.

 

"While no problems have been reported, and the chances of an incident are remote, Lexus wants to replace

the springs so it can be confident no future problems will occur."

 

Earlier parent company Toyota warned the fault potentially required a recall that could affect up to 270,000 vehicles.

 

http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10655816&ref=rss

 

 

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[buctootim]

Lexus New Zealand is recalling 185 of its V8 and GS450 vehicles because manufacturing flaws have been

found in engine valve springs.

 

Reliability tests in Japan discovered the problem which could cause abnormal engine noise or unstable idling.

 

Lexus New Zealand national manager Debbie Pattullo said the springs would be replaced over the next few

months, to remove the possibility of future problems.

 

"While no problems have been reported, and the chances of an incident are remote, Lexus wants to replace

the springs so it can be confident no future problems will occur."

 

Earlier parent company Toyota warned the fault potentially required a recall that could affect up to 270,000 vehicles.

 

http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10655816&ref=rss

 

 

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Its odd what has happened to Toyota's purchasing and manufacturing quality control. For years they were the industry leader by miles and a mate of mine, a former senior manager at Toyota has made a very good living advising other companies on how to adopt their methods. It all seems to be falling apart at the moment.

[St Landrew]

Yeah, but isn't it a sign of Toyota just maintaining their extremely high standards..? Let's face it, they are either number one or two, along with Honda, as the manufacturer of the most reliable [and hence well designed and manufactured] vehicles, so they'd want to keep up that reputation. Honda, for example have, in the last 9 months, brought out a brand new motorcycle, the VFR1200. It is pretty much a state-of-the-art two-wheeled tourer but, already they have decided to recall a batch of them. It is selling very well indeed, but rather than let those machines get to various service intervals, where they could resolve any potential problems, they have recalled them. Honda engineers from Japan have been sent over to do the checking of every machine, and if they find the tiny issue they are looking for, the entire engine is replaced, along with a full service, to the whole machine, and oil change. If they don't find the issue, the existing engine receives a complete oil change, filter and whole machine service and full diagnostic on the state of the current engine.

 

That's not bad going.

[buctootim]

Yeah, but isn't it a sign of Toyota just maintaining their extremely high standards..? Let's face it, they are either number one or two, along with Honda, as the manufacturer of the most reliable [and hence well designed and manufactured] vehicles, so they'd want to keep up that reputation. Honda, for example have, in the last 9 months, brought out a brand new motorcycle, the VFR1200. It is pretty much a state-of-the-art two-wheeled tourer but, already they have decided to recall a batch of them. It is selling very well indeed, but rather than let those machines get to various service intervals, where they could resolve any potential problems, they have recalled them. Honda engineers from Japan have been sent over to do the checking of every machine, and if they find the tiny issue they are looking for, the entire engine is replaced, along with a full service, to the whole machine, and oil change. If they don't find the issue, the existing engine receives a complete oil change, filter and whole machine service and full diagnostic on the state of the current engine.

 

That's not bad going.

 

Im not saying Toyota have lost the plot, but now they are recalling to rectify mistakes. Previously, as far as Im aware, they didnt make those mistakes.