Toyota Recall List

The Toyota recall list for 2010, released by Toyota in January 2010, had once again been a factor to reduce Toyota's popularity. Nevertheless, this world-class brand and major automobile giant had undertaken valiant efforts to get rid of all problems and help its clients.

While reading the book, The Toyota Way, by Jeffrey Liker, I was awestruck and full of admiration for some marvelous fundamentals of operations management. Not surprisingly, the Toyota way (one of the recognized management philosophy of the Toyota corporation), had helped Toyota become a legend in automobile manufacturing. For almost 8-10 months of 2009, the world's most reliable and popular brand, Toyota, had to face some serious set back with regard to its established superiority, when it had to recall millions of vehicles in the US and some parts of Europe. The Toyota recall list in November 2009 and the one in January 2010 had somewhat reduced its popularity. However, Toyota has made all possible efforts to keep its customers benefits in mind. The recall by Toyota that fall was the largest auto recall in US history until then. What Compelled Toyota to Launch a Recall List? The reasons for launching the recall included the occurrences of various accidents and mishaps that occurred over a span of few months since Toyota had started its recall list. Since November 2009, Toyota recalled nearly 4.2 million vehicles and corrected them, however, even after that, nearly 60 new cases of Toyota accidents were reported. The two major recalls that were made by Toyota were for correcting problems related to sticking pedal accelerator and potential floor mat interference with accelerator, that are believed to have been causing major road safety issues while driving. Knowing about them will further give more information about these problems. Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/toyota-recall-list.html