Loss of Face--Congress or Toyota

What our congress is doing to Toyota is an absolute embarrassment. It is a purely political show that could have political ramifications internationally. Intentionally embarrassing the CEO's of Toyota is amateurish.

What can be gained by publicly flogging Toyota, a leader in quality, for a small percentage of defects while at the same time ignoring defect rates 10 time greater in Government Motors?...

In the case of the Chevy Cobalt there were 1,157 complaints about steering issues before the recall investigation was started, while the Toyota Corolla had registered just 84 complaints before that investigation was announced. Even more telling was the fact that NHTSA took an average of 262 days to conclude an investigation before launching a recall, but the range was curiously wide – from just 10 days to a full six years, according to the Edmunds.com report.

It is not as though Toyota is deliberately ignoring a problem as Chrysler did with their Ultradrive line of transmissions. Toyota is actively attempting to remedy the handful of complaints that have come to light over the past 10 years and they are doing so and have been doing so prior to Congress's dog and pony show.

This is just another distraction by our elected leaders from the malaise our country currently finds itself. Congress should be ashamed of their blatant grandstanding and simply get out of washington for a while.


Embarrassment -- congress.




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