It has been a surprised when heard news about Toyotal Recall about Accelerator Pedal. As dealer said that they have no choice anymore since no solution for the problem yet, they're not actually recalling any vehicles, unless there is a suspicion of a sticky gas pedal.The recall announcement should has impact to Toyota's Stock in the market but how the announcement has impacted. We will see on this weekend.

Related to this recall many customer give their thought. One of them is as follow

Toyota is not the manufacturer that it used to be. Lots of problems in recent years.

There was the recent problem of engine sludge in some models. This problem even extended into their flagship Lexus brand. Toyota initially blamed the owners for not keeping up with their oil changes. However there were too many early engine failures from excessive sludge for these to be isolated incidents of owners not changing their oil. It took a class action lawsuit to finally get Toyota to admit to their design flaw. Not very good customer care here.

Then there was the problem with excessive frame rust in the Tacoma trucks. Another class action lawsuit. Toyota quietly bought up many of the effected trucks and had them crushed.

Then there is the severe frame flex problems with the Tundra trucks. I have a friend who bought one to pull his fifth wheel travel trailer. This truck should have had enough towing capacity for this trailer. He noticed that the truck would not hold an alignment. He later found that the frame of this truck was permanently tweaked (bent).

The Tundra trucks also suffer from severe frame rust. Toyota recently sent a letter to the owners of these trucks to remove the spare tire. Seems the frames are rusting so badly that the spare tire can fall off. This has caused some accidents.

So I am not surprised they have this most recent rash of problems. Not they are blaming a sub-contractor. However I would bet money that this sub-contractor is building these parts exactly to Toyota specifications. Most likely a design flaw, not a quality issue.

I am confident that Toyota will get this most recent issue with the accelerator pedal fixed very quickly. To much money involved in lost sales and image for them not to.

However, with their recent track record, you got to wonder what design flaw related recall will come next.

Toyota is not the brand they appear to be. Just good marketing. I would take my Chevy over a Toyota any day.

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Short Forex News. It is said that this day, Central Bank Executive Board member Juergen Stark said eurizone countries will be impacted by high public deficits that could bring further downgraded ratings, followed by a string of rating agency downgrades of Greece over worries about spiralling government debt.

Stark also said that, there were no signs that the ECB's unlimited liquidity actions have brought upside risks to price stability. The single currency briefly bounced fm 1.4071 to around 1.4108 on cross buying in eur/jpy after S&P downgraded JGBs outlook to negative fm stable. Offers are tipped at 1.4110/15, 1.4135/40 n further out at 1.4175/80. On the downside, some stops are located at 1.4050 n 1.4020 but demand fm sovereign names are located at 1.4000/05 with sizeable stops seen below 1.4000.

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Meskipun saat ini sedang terjadi euforia kenaikan harga saham khususnya di second liner, ada baiknya kendurkan otot dengan melihat-lihat MKDB (Modal Kerja Besih Disesuaikan)sebelum melanjutkan transaksi atau menambang jumlah uang di sekuritas anda.

Berdasarkan data BEI per 30 Maret 2009, berikut nilai MKBD sekuritas yang menduduki 10 peringkat teratas:

1. PT Amantara Sekuritas sebesar Rp 369,55 miliar.
2. PT OSK Nusadana Securities sebesar Rp 307,40 Miliar
3. PT Danareksa Sekuritas sebesar Rp 303,05 miliar.
4. PT Credit Suisse Securities Indonesia sebesar Rp 294,93 miliar
5. PT Sinarmas Sekuritas Rp 253,799 miliar
6. PT Trimegah Securities Rp 235,37 miliar
7. PT Bahana Securities sebesar Rp 218,65 miliar
8. PT JP Morgan Securities Indonesia sebesar Rp 218,32 miliar
9. PT CLSA Indonesia sebesar Rp 208,74 miliar
10. PT Macquarie Capital sebesar Rp 196,5 miliar

Namun perlu juga diingat sekuritas yang memiliki MKBD standar terkadang memiliki kelebihan yang tidak dimiliki sekuritas bermodal besar.
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