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RE: Where does the money go???
By The Raven on 4/6/2010 10:45:54 AM , Rating: 3
Ok let's assume you are correct and that Toyota calculated this recall <twirling finger around ear>. Because if they knew about this they would know about all the 2.3 mil cars that would be affected and just say, "Yeah that's cool. We'll be able to swing it."

So now looking back, do you think Toyota is in a better place today than they were before all of this happened?

I have worked with engineers on lighting and when there is a problem and I ask how I can help, they might dismiss me by saying, "Well, it not life threatening and it hasn't become a warranty issue yet, so we're ok at this point."

So if it is life threatening (a light that melts and obscures the driver's viability of the road) the policy is to deal with it. Or they get enough returns of something benign (a light that has streaks on it) they MIGHT (this is where the calculation you speak of enters the story) continue to maufacture.

They draw the line at life threatening.

Again, let's give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that someone at Toyota knew that the cars could take off and become unstoppable. Do you think they burned the results of the test that determined that? No. They would keep it and go back to the drawing board because dead people don't by cars.

If there was any wrong doing by Toyota, it was negligence and not some conspiracy to raise money.

