The Toyota recall list for 2010, released by Toyota in January 2010, after the previous recalls in September 2009 and November 2009 has once again been a factor to reduce Toyota's popularity. Nevertheless, this world class brand and major automobile giant has made valiant efforts to get rid of all problems and help its clients.While reading the book, The Toyota Way, by Jeffrey Liker, I was awestuck and full of admiration for some marvelous fundamentals of operations management. Not surprising, the Toyota way, that is one of the recognized management philosophy of Toyota corporation, has helped Toyota to become a legend in automobile manufacturing.

Nevertheless, since the last 8-10 months, the world's most reliable and popular brand, Toyota, had to face some serious set back with regards to its established superiority, when it had to recall millions of vehicles in the US and some parts of Europe. The Toyota recall list in last November 2009 and the one in January 2010 has somewhat reduced its popularity. However, Toyota has made all possible efforts to keep its customers benefits in mind. The Toyota recall list in last fall is till date, the largest auto recall in US history. What was the problem that Toyota had to recall millions of vehicles for repair and corrections? Let's us know more about it.

What Compelled Toyota to Launch a Recall List?

The reasons for launching the Toyota recall list were incidents of various accidents and mishaps that occurred over a span of few months since Toyota had started its recall list, last fall. Since November 2009, Toyota recalled nearly 4.2 million vehicles and corrected them, however, even after that, nearly 60 new cases of Toyota accidents were reported. The two major recalls that were made by Toyota were for correcting problems related to sticking pedal accelerator and potential floor mat interference with accelerator, that are believed to have been causing major road safety issues while driving. Knowing about them will further give more information about these problems.
Sticking Pedal Accelerator Problems: It has been found that in some rare instances, due to environmental conditions, there is a possibility that the accelerator pedal and its working may mechanically halt resulting in serious mishaps.
Potential Floor Mat Interference with Accelerator Problems: In many cases, as confirmed by Toyota, an incompatible floor mat can interfere with or entrap accelerator pedal causing it to stuck in wide open position.
There has been an air of confusion between Toyota vehicle owners, if their models are involved in the Toyota recall list. Let us know various Toyota recall list of vehicles.
Toyota Recall List of Models
Floor Mat Recall Pedal Accelerator Recall
2005 - 2010 Toyota Avalon Certain 2009 - 2010 Toyota RAV4
2007 - 2010 Toyota Camry Certain 2009 - 2010 Toyota Corolla
2008 - 2010 Toyota Highlander 2005 - 2010 Toyota Avalon
2009 - 2010 Toyota Matrix Certain 2007 - 2010 Toyota Camry
2004 - 2009 Toyota Prius Certain 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid
2005 - 2010 Toyota Tacoma Certain 2010 Toyota Highlander
2007 - 2010 Toyota Tundra 2007 - 2010 Toyota Tundra
2009 - 2010 Toyota VENZA 2008 - 2010 Toyota Sequoia