Total Recall: Ten Largest Auto Recalls of All Time
If there’s a product recall that illustrates a particularly important point– like the GM hot fluid windshield wiper story (I’m getting to it)– TTAC will cover it. Otherwise, no; if we didn’t cover all recalls, it would look like we were picking-on a particular manufacturer– and we can’t have that now can we? But this recall story from mylemon.com works for me because, well, it’s someone else’s blog. AND it fits into a genre that normally annoys the pee out of me, that helps lift TTAC’s numbers every year (i.e. our forthcoming Ten Worst awards). AND it makes me wonder how a lawyer who runs a site called mylemon.com can drive anything other than a lemon. AND the story lets me play around with this gallery thing, which is also annoying the pee out of me right now. So, here are David J. Gorberg & Associates’ rogue’s gallery, for which the Lord should make him truly grateful.
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"6. The Ford Pinto. Do I really need to elaborate? Detroit beancounters don’t want to reinforce defective gas tank, leading to a car that exploded when rear ended that would subsequently roast its passengers. PR disaster ensues. Somehow, Ford continued to produce this thing until 1981, when it was replaced by the Escort." Ahem. Deaths in fires were no more (per car sold)than for equivalent models from other manufacturers. What is really funny/sad is that the jury awarded punitive damages because they were horrified by the idea of a cost benefit analysis being carried out. This was used to establish whether it was worth spending money to improve safety. It is ironic that a CBA is now a standard method for assessing whether to put safety systems in, across many industries.
MgoBLUE : Polishdon : No Chrysler ??? except for two, all GM & Ford. Maybe Chrysler’s are not as bad as everyone believes ?? Hard to recall 500,000 cars when you only make 100,000. You beat me to it! Well.... I do recall several Chysler recalls, and chrysler does sell more the 100K cars! And they tend to use the same part on ALOT of their cars (i.e. 2.7L engine, Transmision, etc). Heck if you go back, Chrysler made EVERYTHING off the K-Car! So, if there was a recall, then it would be huge, right?? I've had my share of problems with Chrysler, Ford and GM cars over the years. Heck, Ford soaked me for $1500 with the defective plastic intake on my Town Car becasue the repair was outside the arbitrary "claim period" they set.