Local Toyota dealers got active Thursday installing a fix for accelerator pedal issues on models precious by a recent recall as the automaker worked to restore its standing.
Hudiburg Toyota in Midwest City established about 400 parts and had finished at least 50 repairs, said Jim Patch, the dealership’s general manager. The majorities were customers’ cars but four were new vehicles, each in a different model, to make them offered for test drives.
The recall took 55 percent of the dealership’s new vehicles rotten the lot, he said. The parts release Thursday morning was good news.We’re eager regarding repairs and starting to sell that inventory, he said.All the dealership’s technicians have been taught to complete the repair and the dealership has supplementary help to schedule appointments.
Toyota is facing two major recalls in the U.S. of millions of vehicles that involve gas pedals that can get intent under floor mats or grow to be stuck on their own.
The recalls, as well as a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigate into brake problems with the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid; challenge Toyota’s long-standing status for safe, quality vehicles.
And untimely today, Japan’s top business newspaper reported that Toyota will recall 270,000 Prius hybrid vehicles in excess of brake problems in the United States and Japan.In full-page newspaper ads this week, Toyota apologized to its customers and guaranteed that it will do all it can to make things right. Dealers have been asked to work comprehensive hours — even operating 24/7 — to complete repairs.
Fowler Toyota in Norman also established accelerator pedal parts Thursday and starts repairs. Customers have called with concerns, but up to now, none were concerned enough about driving their vehicle to recognize a loaner car, said Mike Fowler, chief executive of Fowler Auto Group.
I’m confident as a dealer that if Toyota says this will fix the problem that it will stick the problem. Confidently, we’ll have this over and behind us pretty quick, he said.
I’m confident as a dealer that if Toyota says this will fix the problem that it will stick the problem. Confidently, we’ll have this over and behind us pretty quick, he said.
Toyota owner Isaac Koehn said he still has trust in Toyota as a company and that the concern with the gas pedals "is not a big deal.”A Toyota spokesman said Thursday the automaker is cooperating entirely with an NHTSA probe into the brake problems with the 2010 Prius.
Earlier Thursday, the security agency said it opened an study into the Prius, saying it had established 124 reports from consumers about its brakes, as well as four reports of crashes. The government is investigating reports that antilock brakes can fail on some 2010 models in slick conditions or rough roads.
The company says it altered the 2010 braking system last month to accurate cars in production. The company has not made a choice about cars on the road.
Earlier Thursday, the security agency said it opened an study into the Prius, saying it had established 124 reports from consumers about its brakes, as well as four reports of crashes. The government is investigating reports that antilock brakes can fail on some 2010 models in slick conditions or rough roads.
The company says it altered the 2010 braking system last month to accurate cars in production. The company has not made a choice about cars on the road.
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