Toyota recalling 7.4 million vehicles worldwide

[Locutus]

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles worldwide over a faulty power-window switch — the latest, massive quality woes for Japan's top automaker.

The recall, announced Wednesday, affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010.

Toyota Canada said about 240,000 vehicles were being recalled in Canada.

The power-window switch on the driver's side didn't have grease applied evenly during production, causing friction in the switch and sometimes smoke, according to Toyota.


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[Walter]

So...

 

[TenPenny]

In the end, a power window switch is a pretty minor recall.

 

[taxslave]

North American manufacturers would just sell you new switches until you got one that worked for a while.

 

[karrie]

Such a minor thing, why is it news? My Mazda was recalled because the wiper motors were blowing in them... I don't think that ever made the news.

 

[TenPenny]

It makes the news because it's Toyota.

 

[lone wolf]

Toyota recalls for faulty power windows. GM and Ford thought "profit first" before Corvair, saddle tanks and Pinto. Go figure....