Ford’s Recall History is Much Greater Than Toyota’s
Posted on June 15, 2010
Filed Under Recall News, Uncategorized
With recalls from Toyota being the most common automobile news story in 2010, it is easy to overlook that Ford and other manufacturers have had a larger amount of total recalls than Toyota. With a look at a few statistics, it is easy to see that Ford has had many more vehicle manufacturing problems than Toyota, although perhaps the level danger of those problems has not been as bad as the sticking accelerator. Other automakers like Nissan, whose models can be found at a Used Nissan dealer, and GM, whose models can be found at a Route 22 Chevy Dealer, have dealt with a lot fewer issues compared to both Toyota and Ford in their histories.
Toyota had the most recalls out of any automaker in 2009 with 4.8 million Toyota and Lexus models being recalled. In 2010 so far, Toyota has recalled over 4.5 million units for various problems including the Toyota Prius, Lexus and other models. The 2009 recalls deal with the Toyota Prius and several other models include the Avalon, Camry, Tacoma, and Tundra from various years that had a problem with the accelerator sticking to the floor. The 2010 recalls are mostly with the Prius which has had braking problems.
However great the sheer amount of recalls are for Toyota, Ford has had even more recalls in its history. Ford has recalled over 20 million vehicles in its history. An interesting fact to note is that in 1996, Toyota and other Japanese automakers became to dominate the car market in North America. It was this same year that Ford had the highest number of recalls ever – nearly 8 million units. The bad publicity from this large number of recalls helped other automakers take over the top position that Ford occupied in the North American market.
Now it seems that the tides have been turned, with Ford posting very strong first and second quarter results for 2010 thus far, and Toyota being on the defensive with their marketing and recall issues. Time will tell if Ford reclaims the position it once had as a top North American automaker, but things couldn’t be looking better for Ford.
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