Year of Safety Recalls!

Wow. According to a the Detroit Free Press analysis of federal data, automakers recalled 15.2 million vehicles in 2009, a sharp jump from 8.6 million in 2008. That is almost double!

AND in an industry first, Toyota was at the top of the list with over 4.8 million cars recalled. Second was Ford with over 4.5 million cars on their recall list. No one ever likes recalls....customer, the manufacturer, the dealership, and so on. Well, maybe the parts companies do! However, that's a lot of issues to be worked out.

The full article shows the break down of manufacturers and numbers. I am happy that Chrysler was 6th on the list with under 600,000 cars recalled. Even Nissan had more cars recalled! I say that's not too bad.

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