Recently, 51 Jun learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation that Toyota Motor has filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation, recalling nearly 140,000 vehicles!
What's going on? It turned out that these recalled vehicles were not perfect due to the internal procedures of VSC (Body Stability Control System).
If the VSC function is artificially turned off after the vehicle is started, the VSC function cannot be restored to the default open state after the vehicle is started again, and the VSC cannot work at this time, so there is a safety hazard.
The scope of this impact is also rare in Toyota's history.
In addition to GAC Toyota and FAW Toyota, Toyota brands such as Sichuan FAW Toyota, Toyota China, and Lexus have all had models recalled. For example, popular models such as Highlander, Xena, and RAV4 Rongfang are all recalled.
If you have a Toyota owner among the readers, you may wish to refer to the models and production batches in the recall list above. If there is a model involved, please contact the local Toyota 4S store or sales consultant as soon as possible to solve the safety hazard.
At present, in response to the recall, Toyota Motor's solution is to "upgrade the internal procedures of the brake actuator control ECU for vehicles within the scope of the recall free of charge to eliminate the hidden danger."
VSC cannot be turned on automatically, which may not be a big deal in the eyes of many readers. However, it cannot be ignored that there are cases where the owner accidentally forgets to deal with it.
Coupled with the recent rainy season, if the rainy day driving coincides with the body stability system is not working, the possible safety hazards have to be taken seriously.
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Even if the probability of such a hidden danger occurring is extremely low, you know that the total number of vehicles involved in this recall is close to 140,000! In the face of such a large base, no matter how small the probability of accidents, it will be a frightening number.
Toyota quality is long gone
Readers who pay attention to 51 Jun believe that they have seen a lot of reports on Toyota's quality problems in the past, and here we can't help but ask, what is wrong with Toyota's quality? In the past, it was said that Toyota passed on three generations of one car, but now how can quality problems occur frequently in the new car stage?
Taking the recent past as an example, Toyota has many models on the quality complaint list. In the past, in the March 2022 model complaint list disclosed by the car quality network, there were two Toyota models in the top 10. They are GAC Toyota Ralink and FAW Toyota Corolla.
The most complained about problems in these two cars is the gearbox setback and the gearbox noise.
It is said that the CVT gearbox is cheap and stable, but why do the transmission failures of Japanese cars occur frequently? At the top of the complaint list, Xuan Yi, who ranked 10th, was also widely complained about because of similar problems. In fact, the reason is that 51 Jun has also done in-depth analysis before.
The main reason is that the CVT gearbox is inherently insufficient, that is, it cannot withstand excessive torque.
If there is a habit of big foot driving, or frequent high-speed overtaking, it will cause the transmission belt to slip due to the instantaneous release of torque, resulting in a setback.
There may be readers who can't understand, Toyota's car, and high torque, what is the relationship?
Taking the Toyota Ralink 1.2T version as an example, it can output 185 Nm of peak torque at 1500-4000 rpm. According to the current general power performance of cars, how can not be related to "high torque". But even so, it will still cause the gearbox to frustrate.
Therefore, when some readers say that Toyota's quality is good, they may wish to think about how Toyota has always shaped this "good feeling", conservative, backward product force, in exchange for the so-called "not bad quality".
However, with today's consumers' increasingly demanding product experience, Toyota's slightest "radical" behavior may cause frequent problems.
How conservative Toyota is in the functional configuration, 51 Jun in this move example let everyone know.
The 2022 Highlander's entry-level model is not even equipped with parking radar and reversing images. You know, this is a car that starts at 268,800 yuan!
Even such a basic function can be eliminated, so why expect Toyota to be sincere to Chinese consumers?
What does the future hold for Toyota? In 51 Jun's view, if Toyota continues to export second-class products to Chinese consumers, then its market share will only gradually give way to its own brands and other joint venture brands that are getting better and better.
And Dongfeng Nissan is the best lesson for the past, as for when the fable will be fulfilled, 51 Jun wants to say, "Let the bullets fly for a while."