Surprise! Recalls fall in 2006
We've noticed a few more posts about recalls have been going up the last couple of days, so one reader wanted us to know that, in fact, there were a lot fewer recalls last year in the U.S. than there were in 2005. Overall, the whole of the U.S. auto industry recalled 10.6 million vehicles in 2006, down some 38% from the 17.1 million vehicles that were recalled in 2005. Let's look at which automakers had a good year for recalls last year and which didn't.General Motors: -73% at 1.4 million recalls (2005: 5 million)
Ford Motor Company: -71% at 1.7 million recalls (2005: 6 million)
Chrysler Group: 200% at 2.3 million recalls (2005: 765,777)
Nissan North America: 83% at 1.3 million recalls (2005: 709,838)
The article also talked about Toyota and Honda, but didn't provide enough recall info on either to include in our list above (and have you ever tried to search the NHTSA website for such information? Good luck). Both automakers, however, had a good year for recalls. Toyota, for instance, finished 2006 with 814,507 recalls, far fewer than the over 2 million that were issued in 2005. Honda, meanwhile, issues recalls affecting 1.2 million vehicles, the bulk of which was to replace owners manuals that were printed the incorrect telephone number for the NHTSA that led callers to a phone sex service. Without the printing fuax pas include, Honda recalled only 1,397 vehicles in the U.S. for actual mechanical troubles that adversely affected the safety of its vehicles.
Thanks for the tip, logiste!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dave 6:42PM (1/19/2007)
Good job Honda!
Only 1,397 recalls.
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foo-bar 6:42PM (1/19/2007)
Those statistics are misleading. it should be # of recalls per # of cars sold. It could be that GM and Ford went down because they are loosing market-share faster than the Titanic took on water.
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foo-bar 6:44PM (1/19/2007)
make that "losing".
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jim barns 6:51PM (1/19/2007)
many of Toyota's service campaigns were not included in the 814,507 number, since a "RECALL" is for SAFETY issues only.
But those issues were treated by Autoblog.com as "recalls". That's why Autoblog lead its readers to believe there were many 2006 "recalls".
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Brian 7:29PM (1/19/2007)
Combined, Ford, GM , and Chrysler recalled just as many cars they sold in the past 2 years. Ford was the only of the three to recall more cars than sell though.
Anybody have the numbers for Toyota and Honda for recalls in 2005?
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Howard Kerr 7:36PM (1/19/2007)
BTW, as the owner of a Honda-built car, I think I'd rather have a number to a phone sex line. Way to go Honda.
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Steve 7:38PM (1/19/2007)
#2. GM and Ford did not loose 3.6 and 4.7 million sales in 2006. I know you are making a funny here, but it's weak.
And Ryan, we are glad that your Dad told you what Ford means. Perhaps next you could wow us with a knock-knock joke or two. Hey, if Ryan asks anyone to pull his finger, don't do it! tee hee hee...
What is funny here is the tinted goggles that some of you where. It is impossible for some of you to give credit when it is due. You have no trouble crawling out of the woodwork though, like roaches, when you have an uneducated comment.
Dave, you are right though good job Honda. I had to read that number twice.
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Ryan 7:50PM (1/19/2007)
There are way to many Ryan's on here it's confusing everyone
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FtLauderdaleRocket 8:19PM (1/19/2007)
Right down below is a post about Toyota recalling A LOT of vehicles. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/19/553-000-tundra-and-sequoia-models-recalled-for-suspension-fix/
Somehow this information is omitted from this story...go figure.
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Jimborino 8:24PM (1/19/2007)
Where's that punk CHE, the guy who was claiming that Toyota had more recalls than anyone....there you punk Read the numbers.
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matt 8:24PM (1/19/2007)
FtLauderdaleRocket, that goes towards the 07 numbers. This story is about the 2006 recalls.
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Craig N. Cote 11:11PM (1/21/2007)
Recalls? Go back to when Toyota got their start and total up the recalls Ford, GM, and Chrysler have had verses Toyota. Overwhelmingly more than this Japanese company. Plus, Toyota addresses problems instead of disregarding them as the BIG 2.5 are famous for. Check out the class action lawsuits filed and it isn't Toyota who leads the pack. A fellow who's worked as a tech for Toyota for years told me that when these cars were all made in Japan there was hardly ever a screw that needed to be tightened when these cars got to the dealership. Now that Toyota is not only building the vast majority of what they sell, here in the US but also so many of the parts they use, he's seeing problems and oversights that never ever appeared before. Toyota's Lexus division's record (any record) is so far ahead of Caddy or Lincoln you can't even compare them. But watch this incredible truth turn downward as Lexus's are built in Canada or with US/Canadian parts. Toyota, Scion, and Lexus are some of the very few vehicles left out there that are made 100% in one country, that being Japan. Go check out not only where the Big 2.5 are being assembled, but also the rediculously low US/Canadian parts content. There is not ONE vehicle the Big 2.5 sell that is 100% US. (GM's Aveo is 99% Korean though-screw their "American Revolution" LIE!
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Big Rocket 8:54PM (1/19/2007)
#2 (foo-bar): "Those statistics are misleading. it should be # of recalls per # of cars sold."
Honda:
1.5 million US sales, 1.4 thousand US recalls (excludes owner's manual typo), 0.00093% recall rate
Toyota:
2.5 million US sales, 0.81 million US recalls, 32% recall rate
GM:
4.1 million US sales, 1.4 million US recalls, 34% recall rate
Ford:
2.9 million US sales, 1.7 million US recalls, 58% recall rate
DaimlerChrysler:
2.4 million US sales, 2.3 million US recalls, 96% recall rate
Nissan:
1.0 million US sales, 1.3 million US recalls, 130% recall rate
Conclusion:
Ford still has some ways to go, GM is catching up to Toyota, shame on DaimlerChrysler and Nissan, and congratulations to Honda.
Source:
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/TOP%20STORY/496383/
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matt 8:55PM (1/19/2007)
nissan had a lot of recalls considering they dont sell that many cars. almost as many as gm, but they sell a lot more vehicles.
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The other Bob 9:01PM (1/19/2007)
Thank you "Big Rocket". Someone has finally made a little sense of this.
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Big Rocket 9:34PM (1/19/2007)
CORRECTION: Honda recall rate is 0.093%, not 0.00093%. It's still very low, though.
Honda:
1.5 million US sales, 1.4 thousand US recalls (excludes owner's manual typo), 0.093% recall rate
Toyota:
2.5 million US sales, 0.81 million US recalls, 32% recall rate
GM:
4.1 million US sales, 1.4 million US recalls, 34% recall rate
Ford:
2.9 million US sales, 1.7 million US recalls, 58% recall rate
DaimlerChrysler:
2.4 million US sales, 2.3 million US recalls, 96% recall rate
Nissan:
1.0 million US sales, 1.3 million US recalls, 130% recall rate
Conclusion:
Ford still has some ways to go, GM is catching up to Toyota, shame on DaimlerChrysler and Nissan, and congratulations to Honda.
Source:
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/TOP%20STORY/496383/
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spaceweasel 9:37PM (1/19/2007)
The number of recalls per vehicle sold stat doesn't reflect the fact that most recalls cover a number of model years. For instance, the most recent Toyota recall was for 04-07, Land Rover and Honda's were 04 and 05, and Volvo 's ran 1999 to 2002. I don't know how one could easily fix the stat, but I'm sure there's someone out there smarter than I.
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Jason 11:08PM (1/19/2007)
Where are all the Honda bashers? That's what I thought.
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Big Rocket 11:48PM (1/19/2007)
#17 (spaceweasel): You raised an interesting point. Recalls in 2006 covered defects in 2006, 2005, 2004, etc. But 2006 defects were, and will be, recalled in 2006, 2007, 2008, etc. As long as a manufacturer does not experience huge fluctuations in sales year-to-year, it tends to be a washout. Hope this helps.
Assumptions:
• Year-to-year sales figures do not fluctuate too much
• Number of defects/recalls is proportional to number of vehicles sold
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LTron 12:41AM (1/20/2007)
If you click the link and read the full article/release on the external site, you'll learn another scary fact...Volkswagen's recall total went up... You'd think that after 15 years of sketchy quality they could maybe, I don't know, MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS and make some semi-reliable cars. Given VW's heritage, it's pretty sad that someone like Hyundai can go from worse than VW in reliability to MUCH better in the course of 10 years. VW, congratulations on stagnating (or in this case, getting worse)!
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