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Joe B · 06-01-2007, 09:48 AM

Between the issues many are having with the '07 Camry and now the Tundra failing 5.7 engines,Toyota is dropping the ball.
Seem Toyota is rushing to be #1 and quality is suffering.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...9-tundra_N.htm

MarkPhx · 06-01-2007, 10:00 AM

"The flaw was due to a manufacturing defect by a subcontractor"

How exactly has Toyota dropped the ball?

Don't get me wrong... my Camry has been to the dealer 8 times in less than 5 months and I do think there are quality issues. But I think partly what we're seeing here is more scrutiny and media attention of problems because Toyota is now #1. Every auto manufacturer has it's issues. If I start to hear from just about everyone I know with a Toyota that they're having problems (like what I hear from Mercedes and BMW owners) then I'll start to worry.

Just my .02

Joe B · 06-01-2007, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkPhx

"The flaw was due to a manufacturing defect by a subcontractor"

How exactly has Toyota dropped the ball?

Don't get me wrong... my Camry has been to the dealer 8 times in less than 5 months and I do think there are quality issues. But I think partly what we're seeing here is more scrutiny and media attention of problems because Toyota is now #1. Every auto manufacturer has it's issues. If I start to hear from just about everyone I know with a Toyota that they're having problems (like what I hear from Mercedes and BMW owners) then I'll start to worry.

Just my .02

I feel Toyota has 'dropped the ball'.
Quality has gone down in models that have been made in the US.
My '07 doesn't have any reall issues but the quality is short of previous Toyota's I've owned.
I still would buy a Toyota product over any US badge but will only buy imported models like my RAV4 which is solid as a rock.

DiLan · 06-01-2007, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkPhx

"The flaw was due to a manufacturing defect by a subcontractor"

How exactly has Toyota dropped the ball?

Don't get me wrong... my Camry has been to the dealer 8 times in less than 5 months and I do think there are quality issues. But I think partly what we're seeing here is more scrutiny and media attention of problems because Toyota is now #1. Every auto manufacturer has it's issues. If I start to hear from just about everyone I know with a Toyota that they're having problems (like what I hear from Mercedes and BMW owners) then I'll start to worry.

Just my .02

It's true most problems do not happen to everybody, we just tend to see all the problems here because most people with problems will tend to search out a solution.

Top companies to tend to get put under the microscope more than the rest.

I believe it was the same with Xbox360s, out of so many built there were the select bunches with problems, it's a piece of technology shit happens, look at the PSP when they first came out EVERY single one of them had at least one dead pixel.

the cents are gonna start adding up :P

thapranksta · 06-01-2007, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe B

I feel Toyota has 'dropped the ball'.
Quality has gone down in models that have been made in the US.
My '07 doesn't have any reall issues but the quality is short of previous Toyota's I've owned.
I still would buy a Toyota product over any US badge but will only buy imported models like my RAV4 which is solid as a rock.

Cars today will have more problems than their predecessors. There is a lot more technology that can go wrong and cars are being produced faster and with cheaper parts.

Epsilon · 06-01-2007, 11:00 AM

Being #1 is difficult especially when you're under the microscope and every problem is magnified.

carlo$ · 06-01-2007, 11:43 AM

mine has a couple of nastly rattles on the doors.

i cant stand it.

Camread · 06-01-2007, 11:44 AM

ever heard of first year bugs?

Joe B · 06-01-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Camread

ever heard of first year bugs?

That's an excuse for Toyotas now but not in the past.

TRD VVTi · 06-01-2007, 12:51 PM

It's not a big deal. It's true that Japan built Toyota's are superior to US built.

I like all the comments below the story, and the joke says it all.

CamrySExxx · 06-01-2007, 08:02 PM

cars are getting more advanced..with alot of electrical/ computer parts...you guys know computers never fail right..

ilovetocamp · 06-01-2007, 09:19 PM

I still think they are doing a great job compared to the last few "American cars" I've owned.

netman · 06-02-2007, 01:58 AM

I agree with the statement, first year model has more bugs to be worked out than the 3rd year plus models.

Well.. we want the latest and greatest right...

And I have a '07 Camry... hmm

Cardassian · 06-02-2007, 07:03 AM

I have seen a steady decline in quality in my Camrys from 1991 to 1996, and finally to 2007. And I do mean finally.

cazzerz · 06-02-2007, 08:45 AM

I would have to agree. I have owned a 2007 Tacoma and it had the vibration at 20 mph. The dealer took it back with out an hassle. So then I get a 2007 Camry SE V6... More issues. Leaking trans. 3 times and it is in again. It has the shift flare and shifts hard. I guess I should have gone with Honda again or maybe went with the Hybrid. Now my 2007 Rav4 has had 0 issues and this is the 2nd one I have owned. I had a 2006 and it trouble free just like the 2007, but long story short I didn't need 2 SUV's so I got the Tacoma and now the Camry. Boy I guess I should have stuck with the Rav.