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There was a time when people would buy Toyotas solely based on their reputation for excellent quality. That reputation has been heavily questioned the last decade or so to the point that the former President of the company, Katsuaki Watanabe, felt it necessary to apologize for the poor products produced. So, does the name Toyota still stand for quality or not?

There was a time when you could buy a Toyota pickup and count on it lasting for practically ever without anything more than the occasional oil change and new brake pads every 100,000 miles or so. This reputation of reliability vaulted Toyota from a relatively small Japanese manufacturer to the biggest car company in the world given the collapse of General Motors. Then problems started.

Buying a Toyota stopped being a sure thing around the end of the 1990s. Massive problems and recalls started popping up with numerous models. The full sized Tundra had rust issues and the brake systems were problematic. The full size Avalon had a host of acceleration issues. Even the might stalwart Camry was found to have issues. The legendary failing VVT oil line that caused oil to drain from engines was found on many different Toyota models. The Consumer Reports started issuing lower quality ratings for the cars and trucks of the company.

Many loyal Toyota customers were left wondering what had happened. The answer quickly became clear. Toyota was expanding massively as it gained huge chunks of market share in big markets like the United States. As a result, the company was producing much bigger unit counts than it ever had and was doing so in a wide variety of locations across the world. In short, the company was producing quantity, not quality.

Things came to a head when the Japanese government demanded an explanation from Toyota in 2005. The company executives admitted to problems, offered a host of changes and even issued official apologies regarding the situation. Three years later, the problems linger and it has been announced that President Katsuaki Watanabe is being moved to the dreaded "advisor" role while a Toyoda family member moves into the President position.

So, what are we to make of Toyota models in 2009 and beyond? It is unclear since it takes some time for problems to identify themselves. What is clear is Toyota is taking the issue very seriously. The company has announced that development of many new models will be delayed while quality on current models is raised. It has also devoted sizable resources to creating databases of complaint information in an effort to identify and address problems much quicker than the past.

There will undoubtedly be hiccups in the process as Toyota tries to get its act together, but the fact it is acknowledges a problem and is actively dealing with it suggests a positive outcome.

Dirk Gibson writes about Toyota for DCJAutoParts.com - where you can find auto parts for your car or truck at tremendous prices.

Engine Sludge Taints Toyota’s Reputation

The issue could have ended calmly on March 1, 2001 when an arbitration panel unanimously concurred that the Toyota Motor Corp. was liable for the damage of Jeff Meckstroth's two-year-old Lexus RX300 sport utility engine. However, the dispute worsened when two representatives of the automaker packed up their papers and referred casually to other identical cases they were handling.

"Then we had our suspicions up that this isn't an unusual case, that Lexus knows about the problem, and has formed a response - just deny, deny, deny," said Meckstroth, a 47-year-old New Orleans stockbroker. "We decided to sue." His case sprouted into a class suit to include prior and current owners of about four million Toyota and Lexus vehicles complaining about engine sludge.

Engine sludge is caused by the accumulation of gelling or solidifying oil. It usually occurs at temperatures lower than 100 degrees Celsius. Sludge is a cause of major engine problems. It deprives the engine of the required lubrication. In addition, sludge could necessitate an opportune engine replacement.

Toyota has agreed to settle the case last fall however it maintains that its engines were not defective. The automaker said the settlement terms mirror a program to reimburse customers for sludge-related engine damage or repairs that it put in place in 2002. The said settlement is expected to be approved by a Louisiana state court.

With a single engine replacement costing approximately $10,000, the gross amount could run into the billions. However, the tainted reputation of the automaker is worth more than that. Toyota is not the only automaker that has been confronted by engine sludge problems. But the high-profile case is the latest in a series of recalls. This situation is suggestive that Toyota’s controls are not foolproof.

"It would be accurate to say that there have been enough issues with Toyota in the past couple of years that they don't have the spotless image they had a couple of years ago," said Karl Brauer, the editor in chief of Edmunds.com, an automotive research Web site. But he adds that problems at Toyota attract a disproportionate amount of attention because of the automaker's sterling reputation for quality. "Most companies wouldn't get noticed for these problems."

DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group and Volkswagen AG are among the automakers that have confronted complaints about sludge in their vehicles. "There are reasons to believe that the engine design could be contributing to it, but there are also reasons to think that lack of maintenance or proper customer care is contributing," Brauer said. "Everything I've read indicates something kind of in between."

Gary Gambel, an attorney at Murphy, Rogers, Sloss & Gambel in New Orleans, argued that Toyota's engines had a defect giving them a propensity to develop sludge. "The terms of the settlement and the settlement itself have no finding of defect in the product," Toyota spokesman Xavier Dominicis said however. "They're not saying these engines are predisposed to sludge."

Toyota remains among the quality leaders in vehicle manufacture. But if complaints about auto parts not only the engine but EBC brake pads, brakes, suspension and more, keep coming, the reputation linking to quality will be compromised.

"The sludge issue was a significant blow," said Art Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research Inc. in Bandon, Ore. "Toyota's in the position that GM was in back in the 1970s. A lot of people were buying GM products in the '70s because they were GM products, but they had fractures at the edges. It took 15 years before GM started to suffer from that long-term negative word-of-mouth." At Toyota, he said, "It's going to hurt them if they don't turn it around."

About the Author

Anthony Fontanelle is a 35-year-old automotive
buff who grew up in the Windy City. He does freelance work for an automotive magazine when he
is not busy customizing cars in his shop.

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