JANUARY thru OCTOBER 06 2005 NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL

[BrewSwillis]

I know everyone likes to complain about these, but here they are. The number is the yearly total, and the number in (#) is the latest month.

JANUARY thru OCTOBER 06 2005 NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALLS

ACURA..............05 (0)
AUDI..............04 (0)
BMW............. 06 (+1)
BUICK…………. 05 (0)
CADILLAC….…. 10 (0)
CHEVY………… 70 (-5) ***
CHRYSLER……. 02 (0)
DODGE………… 03 (0)
FERRARI………. 04 (0)
FORD…………... 62 (+2)
GMC……………. 59 (-3) ***
HONDA.….……..15 (0)
HUMMER………. 04 (0)
HYUNDAI…….....10 (+2)
ISUZU…………... 08 (0)
INFINITI..........01 (0)
JAGUAR............ 01 (0)
JEEP.............. 01 (+1)
KIA……………....15 (+1)
LAND ROVER…. 05 (0)
LEXUS............ 00 (0)
LINCOLN……….. 09 (+1)
MASERATI……… 01 (0)
MAZDA........... 04 (+1)
MERCEDES……. 10 (0)
MERCURY……… 01 (0)
MITSUBUSHI…… 07 (+2)
NISSAN…………. 05 (+1)
PONTIAC…….…. 06 (0)
ROUSH.............. 01 (0)
SAAB………….… 03 (0)
SALEEN……..…. 03 (+1)
SATURN………... 13 (+1)
SCION............. 00 (0)
SUBARU........... 00 (0)
SUZUKI……….…. 14 (+8)
TOYOTA ……….. 39 (0)
VOLKSWAGON.. 05 (0)
VOLVO............... 0 (0)
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BRANDS TOP SEVEN MOST RECALLS -
(1) CHEVY
(2) FORD
(3) GMC
(4) TOYOTA
(5) HONDA - KIA
(6) SUZUKI
(7) SATURN

BRANDS TOP BEST FIVE NO RECALLS
(1) LEXUS - SCION - SUBARU - VOLVO
(2) INFINITI - JAGUAR - JEEP - MASERATI - MERCURY
(3) CHRYSLER
(4) DODGE - SAAB - SALEEN
(5) AUDI - FERRARI - MAZDA -


NOTE -
(+XX) Last Report Changes = 8 September 2005
Based on NHTSA Campain Recalls. Count is based on individual assigned vehicle/MY
***Correction by NHTSA from previous month.

Thanks to hemidakota on Allpar.

[KaliRover]

Best five: 4 FoMoCo brands, 3 DCX brand's, 2 GM brands, and 2 Toyota's. However, again, the severity of the recall's are not listed. But oh well, thank's for the list. I'm surprised that Scion hasn't had any recalls.

[Drew Dowdell]

I'd like to point out that it's kind pointless to compair recalls without listing the number of models under the brand. Do you really think it's fair to compair Audi having 4 recalls to Ferarri having 4 recalls? Who here wants to bet me that 59 of Chevy's recalls are for trucks?!

[CARBIZ]

Interesting read. Baseless though these stats may be, you can bet Chrysler will get some mileage out of it. I would, if I were they. This is the problem with stats in general: most of them are horsefeathers when taken out of context. If someone was to say "Your grandmother was a whore..." without finishing the rest of the quote ..."for chocolates." Well, you get the idea.

[sciguy_0504]

Best five: 4 FoMoCo brands, 3 DCX brand's, 2 GM brands, and 2 Toyota's. However, again, the severity of the recall's are not listed. But oh well, thank's for the list. I'm surprised that Scion hasn't had any recalls.

[post="25340"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

The Scion cars have all the kinks out of them because they've been sold in Japan and the tC is a version of a Toyota car in Europe. I forget the name, sorry.

[CaddyXLR-V]

The Scion cars have all the kinks out of them because they've been sold in Japan and the tC is a version of a Toyota car in Europe.  I forget the name, sorry.

[post="25439"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Work the kinks out in a closed market, then release them in an open market and ride the wave of great press from having such a reliable car. The market is positioned to make it almost impossible for Toyota to fail.

[sciguy_0504]

Toyota really isn't the first company (or car company) to do that.

[CaddyXLR-V]

No, its a smart thing to do. But it sucks that other companies have all these advantages over our companies just because they are not American companies. I would really like to see what GM could do if they had a level playing field. GM has the talent, but doesnt have the funds to utilize it all.