There has been a large number of cars recalled recently by Toyota. Currently the total exceeds 5.3 million.
No one had died due to the recall but 56 have died in recalled cars.
Many cars have been recalled in this lifetime. Though I know two of them. Toyota and Honda.
Toyota cars are no longer being recalled. They are still making appointments to repair the damaged vehicles, but there are no new problems being reported.
Because of their gas pedals...they get stuck.
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The Volkwagen cars that were recalled in Australia are: The Golf Hatchback, The Audi A1, and A3, Skoda Octavia and Superb. This resulted in a total of 25,928 vehicles recalled for the company.
The brands of cars that have been recalled the least are Porsche. Also BMW's have a very low recall rate and are some of the best made cars in the world. That is why they cost a lot more than a Ford or a Toyota though.
Toyota Motor Corporation manufactures Toyota cars and trucks. Maybe you mean what was the original company? It was Toyota Industries Corporation.
As of Jan. 29th Toyota said it will take in and repair all recalled Toyota vehicles that have the sticky accelerator peddle problem. Toyota has said that it will be installing a metal bar into these cars to stop friction of the peddle and eliminate the stickiness. This can be done at Toyota dealers as well as Toyota factories. A couple factories have currently stopped new cars in order to train employees in the installation these bars.
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At least 56 people have died so far.