One of the dangers of mass production is the loss of quality. Compound this with the issue of joint manufacturing and you have not one but two companies potentially sharing the same problems. While I still am a strong Toyota fan, I am quite alarmed by the number of recalls they have to make due to defects. And this doesn’t effect just Toyota, it affects GM too.

Toyota and GM issued a recall of 660,000 vehicles - combined total of 2003-2004 Toyota Matrices (how do you pluralize the Matrix anyway), Corollas and Pontiac vibes due to faulty bolts that keep the glass on the two front doors intact. Just faulty bolts and 660,000 vehicles affected. Tsk.

So far, the company received 500 complaints with a few claiming injuries. Any time a faulty device causes injuries, car makers should be more than on their toes for addressing the problem.

Source: Autoblog