(경제) 토요타, 전세계적인 리콜 사태 직면
(경제) 토요타, 전세계적인 리콜 사태 직면
From CBS News world headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News. Good evening, everyone. Million of vehicles recalled. Sale suspended. Production stopped. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for Toyata, it has. The recall for defected gas pedals has spread to China and Europe. And in this country, Jeff Glor tells us another million plus Toyata cars and SUVs were added to the recall list.
For the world’s biggest automaker, the problem seems to get bigger every day, as millions of Toyata owners wonder if the vehicles they’re driving are safe. The latest recall involves five models. 2008-2010 Highlanders, and Corollas, Venzas, Matrixes, and the Pontiac Vibe made in 2009 or 2010. Toyota said today they are closing in on solutions to a gas pedal problem that now affects more than 2.4 million vehicles and that today spread beyond the United States to China and Europe.
But they still have no details on exactly when drivers will see repairs or how. At issue, in part, is a problem with the accelerator, which in rare cases gets stuck, possibly because of a condensation압축 buildup that makes it unable to spring back properly. One consumer group says that has led to more than 2,000 incidents since 1999, including at least 275 crashes and 18 deaths.
Toyota has pointed to the maker of the accelerator, CTS, which says it has ramped-up늘리다 production of redesigned pedals. But that still leaves current drivers in limbo불확실한 상태로. What to do with their vehicles? For Toyota, a still-developing business embarrassment. "I think in the short term it's going to be very damaging for Toyota and the Toyota fans and loyalists.” And for millions of drivers, a continuing life and death concern. Jeff Glor, CBS News, New York.