豐田8款汽車暫停售 油門易卡住 加美停產1周評估

[lifelife]

(華盛頓26日美聯社電)豐田汽車公司(Toyota Motor Co.)採取進一步行動﹐處理汽車油門問題﹐在周二宣布﹐加拿大和美國豐田代理商暫停售賣8款汽車﹐旗下6間車廠停產1周﹐包括安省兩間車廠﹐以便評估和處理問題。
這批汽車的油門腳踏板容易卡住﹐豐田上周已宣布召回。這家全球最大車廠決定停售多款汽車﹐肯定嚴重打擊它的銷量和聲譽。
豐田公司宣布﹐從2月1日起﹐旗下6間裝嵌廠停產1周﹐涉及加拿大生產的Corolla、Matrix、RAV4型號汽車﹐目的是「評估及協調有關活動」。
車廠上周宣布大規模汽車回收行動﹐在美國回收230萬輛，加拿大回收大約27萬輛。這批汽車油門有機械問題﹐踏板容易卡住﹐汽車可能無故突然加速。豐田集團副總裁及總經理卡特(Bob Carter)表示﹕「在確定解決方法前﹐有必要採取這次行動。」
美國IHS Global Insight顧問公司汽車分析員布拉格曼(Aaron Bragman)指出﹐豐田每月平均售出約6.5萬輛Camry及Corolla汽車﹐這次停售汽車﹐損失很大﹐對公司業績及聲譽都有沉重打擊。
布拉格曼說﹕「如果他們不能銷售這些汽車﹐又沒有方法解決﹐問題就大了﹐他們必須盡快找到解決辦法。」
豐田去年12月在美國售出逾3.4萬輛Camry汽車，那是全美國最暢銷的中型轎車﹐市場佔有率達3.4%﹐銷量較1年前高38%。Corolla和Matrix汽車上月共售出34,220輛﹐市場佔有率3.3%，銷量較2008年同期高差不多55%。
安省5900車廠工人受影響
豐 田公司說﹐6間車廠停產一周﹐它們是美國印第安納州普林斯頓、肯塔基州拉斐特(Lafayette)、得克薩斯州喬治敦(Georgetown)﹑安省劍 橋﹑胡士托(Woodstock)的車廠﹐阿拉巴馬州亨茨維爾(Huntsville)車廠生產V6引擎的300名工人也受影響﹐暫不知道車廠何時復開。
安省兩家豐田車廠僱用大約5,900人﹐劍橋車廠生產Corolla和Matrix﹐胡士托車廠生產RAV4﹐員工可在廠房停產期間接受訓練﹑休假﹐或是放無薪假期。公司向員工發電郵﹕「我們目前不知道這次暫停持續多久﹐但我們會竭盡全力，盡快恢復生產。」
另外﹐豐田凌志(Lexus)和Scion不在停售之列﹐Toyota Prius﹑Tacoma﹑Sienna﹑Venaz﹑ Solara﹑Yaris﹑4Runner﹑FJ Cruiser﹑Land Cruiser﹑Camry Hybrid繼續銷售。

 

[yycivang]

With Toyota's stunning decision yesterday to stop sales of eight models, is it safe to drive your car?That's something a lot of Toyoa drivers should be asking themselves today. If thousands of cars , including bestsellers Corolla and Camry, can't be sold because of fears the accelerator could stick, then why is it safe to keep driving millions of cars on the road that also could become runaways?
So far, Toyota is standing pat, saying it's just fine to keep driving your Toyota -- even if under recall -- as long as it's not experiencing telltale signs that it could be susceptible to a sticking accelerator. Of course, just a couple days ago Toyota was insisting that it was just fine to sell new cars that were subject to a recall. Look how fast that message changed:
"As part of the recall, we are obliged to suspend sales until there is a remedy...but the advice for customers remains the same," Toyota spokesman Mike Michels tells Drive On. While Toyota's recall was voluntary, Toyota says it's following government protocols that require it to stop selling cars unless it has an immediate remedy, and it doesn't. It can fix the part that can wear and cause unintended acceleration in all the cars right away.
If you own a Toyota that's under recall, pay careful attention to whether the accelerator pedal action seems rough or is sluggish in returning to the idle position, he says.
Only then, if you experience this, "they should not operate the vehicle anymore ," Michels says. He insists that "recalls happen all the time where owners continue to drive their cars."
But few recals can cause a problem as sensational as ones that have killed some Toyota or Lexus drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has already shown that drivers of a runaway Toyota or Lexus may be unable to stop the car by stomping on the brake pedal, become confused in trying to shift into neutral or contend with stop-start buttons that take three seconds of continuous pushing to shut off.
Toyota had already ordered drivers of many models to remove floor mats that could jam under accelerator pedals. The latest problem reversed Toyota's previous denials that accelerator pedals could jam open on their own.

 

[sdzhangtao]

Here is a comment from a dealer who manage an automotive warehouse. Whatever cars that uses the sensor produced by CTS Corp will be affected.

I manage an automotive warehouse and am well aware of how widespread this problem is going to be among car manufacturers. It doesn't affect every model of the makes that I mentioned in my previous post, as it does not affect every model that Toyota makes. We carry the sensors so I know what they fit and they fit considerably more than just Toyotas. This problem and the associated recalls will become bigger as time goes along.

The company that manufactures this particular part is CTS Corp., a very large US based company that provides sensors and actuators to EVERY North American car company.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/26/toyota-recall026.html#socialcomments#ixzz0dqRmofWf

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[路顺]

Is that the same in Canada?

 

[marklin]

Here is a comment from a dealer who manage an automotive warehouse. Whatever cars that uses the sensor produced by CTS Corp will be affected.

I manage an automotive warehouse and am well aware of how widespread this problem is going to be among car manufacturers. It doesn't affect every model of the makes that I mentioned in my previous post, as it does not affect every model that Toyota makes. We carry the sensors so I know what they fit and they fit considerably more than just Toyotas. This problem and the associated recalls will become bigger as time goes along.

The company that manufactures this particular part is CTS Corp., a very large US based company that provides sensors and actuators to EVERY North American car company.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/26/toyota-recall026.html#socialcomments#ixzz0dqRmofWf

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You are right on... Ford is to follow..

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/gas-pedal-recall-spreads-to-ford/article1447265/