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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Because the recall on the first gen went so well.................
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It went well for me
But I somehow think that with the problem being about sealant, somehow I think the mechanics will be on point this time, even the toyota ones! One could only hope.
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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox
Nope. The only way a recall will happen is if engine failures from it become so prevalent that it becomes cheaper to recall 10k+ engines for a repair vs replacing the few engines that actually fail because of it.
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It doesn't require lots of engines to explode, it just requires enough complaints to have the nhtsa ask questions.
How many cars died to valve springs in the US, I know that Toyota (not to single them out) said there was none in Australia when they made the press release about the recall, 6 years after release, and 5 years after it was fixed in the assembly line.
I just think there are so many ways that these companies can get away with not reporting issues during teardowns, would some of the engine failures of Australian cars (there was 30k 86 sold here, not a small number) been due to the valve springs? I think so. Certainly they were aware of the issue very early on, and fixed it, so it seems they just waited until they had reached past the popularity of the car so as to not impact sales significantly.
Look just my opinion, but what can reporting it hurt, does not take long.