Toyota's totally bizarre recall

[GeorgeGist]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- This fall, Toyota will voluntarily recall nearly 160,000 Toyota Tundra pickups so that they can be made less safe for children riding in the front seat.

No, that's not a mistake - at least not on our part.

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Toyota originally discovered the compliance issue and, in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in July 2005, the company asked regulators to let them to ignore it as "inconsequential to safety."

NHTSA denied that petition. So Toyota asked NHTSA to reconsider, arguing that the solution would be worse than the problem.

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In its final decision. published on June 28, 2006, NHTSA pointed out that the method a manufacturer might choose to remedy a compliance issue is not a determining factor when deciding that it must be fixed, so Toyota's warning made no difference.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/11/autos/bad_recall/index.htm

[mainegreen]

1. Still, it's a voluntary recall.

And I can't imagine to many people signing up for this, especially if Toyota does something snarky like including 'this will make your car more dangerous for children as per Federal Safety Regulation Requirements' in the recall letter.

I hope they do take the snarky path.

[Vidar]

2. Good for Toyota, &, as usual, piss on our government.