Re: Toyota Recalls Two Trucks
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: eleaf</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: The Mechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Get in line. You should see the amount of recalls that go on in a typical years time between GM, Subaru, Honda, etc. etc.
Honda has a new one out a couple days ago with their Odysseys and soft brake pedal feel.
Most of these "fixes" they pay you on what a very skilled mechanic with air tools, parts already in your stall, on a clean low mileage car, without a metric ton of debris in the seats or bed, in a good work environment would take, minus about 10%. Take my word for it you don't break even and in some instances it is better to sit in your stall and wait for a good job to come in. They don't pay for your tools either. I have maybe $120K into tools to make my job easier but as more places go to throw away technicians with harbor freight tools I have to do the stuff no one else can or will do on top of training new monkeys. </div></div>
Recalls generally aren't a bad thing though. It shows a sense of corporate self responsibility to take care of oversights before they turn in to problems. If only we had more corporations take responsibility for their product, and be proactive about fixing any potential issues. I respect a company that says "We fucked that up. I guess we need to fix it before we get into some really hot water."</div></div>
Usually by the time it becomes a recall it is because they are already in hot water or suspended over the pot already.
