It seems like there has been a lot of bad news in the air for Toyota recently.  The auto giant has been forced to recall 1.4 million vehicles including the popular Yaris due to problems with seat belts.  According to news.cnet.com the recall will be on a global scale:

“About 830,000 cars in Europe, North America, and other regions are being recalled, and another 536,000 in Japan. The defective models include the Yaris (called the Vitz in Japan), Belta, and Ractis models built between January 2005 and April 2008.

The recall concerns the tensioner on seat belts that may melt or catch fire in some collision situations. On some models, there’s also concern that the exhaust pipe will crack under extreme heat.”

This is actually only one in a recent string of recalls for Toyota.  The auto maker has recently had to recall Corollas and Matrix autos numbering upwards of 500,000.  Besides the Corollas and Matrix there was also a recent recall of around 200,000 Lexus model cars.  This could not come at a worse time for Toyota.  The car maker had recently posted large losses, the first in the company’s history. 

I hope that these recalls do not permanently effect Toyota’s reputation as a fine auto maker.  Given all the recent bad press it seems that some people might reconsider the choice to get a Toyota, but I hope that is not the case as they have and will continue to make fine automobiles.

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