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    What % of claims are that serious and how does that compare to other manufacturers?

    Toyota are globally renowned for their manufacturing process and build quality.

    Toyota recall timeline for 2007-2011:

    1. Sep 26, 2007 – US: 55,000 Toyota Camry and ES 350 cars in"all-weather" floor mat recall.
    2. Nov 02, 2009 – US: 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles again recalled due to floor mat problem, this time for all driver's side mats.
    3. Nov 26, 2009 – US: floor mat recall amended to include brake override and increased to 4.2 million vehicles.
    4. Jan 21, 2010 – US: 2.3 million Toyota vehicles recalled due to faulty accelerator pedals (of those, 2.1 million already involved in floor mat recall).
    5. Jan 27, 2010 – US: 1.1 million Toyotas added to amended floor mat recall.
    6. Jan 29, 2010 – Europe, China: 1.8 million Toyotas added to faulty accelerator pedal recall.
    7. Feb 08, 2010 – Worldwide: 436,000 hybrid vehicles in brake recall following 200 reports of Prius brake glitches.
    8. Feb 08, 2010 – US: 7,300 model year 2010 Camry vehicles recalled over potential brake tube problems.
    9. Feb 12, 2010 – US: 8,000 MY 2010 4WD Tacoma pick-up trucks recalled over concerns about possible defective front drive shafts.
    10. Apr 16, 2010 – US: 600,000 MY 1998–2010 Toyota Sienna for possible corrosion of spare tire carrier cable.
    11. Apr 19, 2010 – World: 21,000 MY 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and 13,000 Lexus GX 460 SUV's recalled to reprogram the stability control system.
    12. Apr 28, 2010 – US: 50,000 MY 2003 Toyota Sequoia recalled to reprogram the stability control system.
    13. May 21, 2010 – Japan: 4,509, US: 7,000 MY 2010 LS for steering system software update
    14. July 5, 2010 – World: 270,000 Crown and Lexus models for valve springs with potential production issue.
    15. July 29, 2010 – US: 412,000 Avalons and LX 470s for replacement of steering column components.
    16. August 28, 2010 – US & Canada: approximately 1.13 million Toyota Corolla and Toyota Matrix vehicles produced between 2005 and 2008 for Engine Control Modules (ECM) that may have been improperly manufactured.
    17. February 8, 2011 – US: NASA and NHTSA inquiry reveals that there were no electronic faults in Toyota cars that would have caused acceleration issues. However, accelerator pedal entrapments remains a problem.
    18. February 22, 2011 – US: Toyota recalls an additional 2.17 million vehicles for accelerator pedals that become trapped on floor hardware.

    That's a total of 18.37 million recalled vehicles with a minimum of 37 deaths attributed and over 400 injuries...

    I'll take my chances.

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    There's an argument that recalls are a sign of a manufacturer that cares about quality. Also, nearly all of these are in the U.S. and we all know that U.S. car manufacturing quality is awful.

    Toyota make 10 million vehicles a year, how many have they made in total?

    There's no way that 40% of Toyota purchases have needed warranty repairs.

    Surely Tesla owners accept the recalls @Stonehedge because they want to be at the bleeding edge?

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    You’re not wrong.

    Perhaps the third chart is the most enlightening; percentage of recalls volunteered by the manufacturer vs forced by the industry watchdog.

    Re: Toyota, search for Toyota recall scandal.

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    Surely Tesla owners accept the recalls @Stonehedge because they want to be at the bleeding edge?

    That's got to be a large part of it. Kind of reminds me of the long period of my life I insisted on having smartphones before the iphone was invented or Android was a thing. They were ropey as fuck and not very practical but I still "needed" one because they were bleeding edge.

    Tesla are Palm and Blackberry AICMFP. Would be particularly amusing if the iphone of electric vehicles turned out to be the iCar :D They've had about 5,000 people working on it for years in relative secrecy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_electric_car_project

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