Where is the Yaris manufactured?

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by fidgell

... This is why its not on Toyotas long list of dangerous recalls perhaps??!!

Dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[auxmike]

FRANCE!

[fmicle]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Dumbest thing I've ever heard.

Well if you had paid any attention at all you would know by now that the problem seems to have been caused by a mechanical fault in accelerator pedals, that come from the same US-based manufacturer... Do your homework before you try being a smart-ass

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by fmicle

Well if you had paid any attention at all you would know by now that the problem seems to have been caused by a mechanical fault in accelerator pedals, that come from the same US-based manufacturer... Do your homework before you try being a smart-ass

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[fmicle]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Oh how little you actually know.

But I'll stay tight lip'd for now.

Why don't you enlighten me?

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by fmicle

Well if you had paid any attention at all you would know by now that the problem seems to have been caused by a mechanical fault in accelerator pedals, that come from the same US-based manufacturer... Do your homework before you try being a smart-ass

id say he was right on, seeing as how the japan made yaris has already been subject to recall right here in the usa (134,900 of the recalled vehicles residing in the United States).

In extreme front-crash situations, the defective seatbelt unit could cause a foam pad to ignite.

so, for someone to make the comment that the yaris being made in japan "is why its not on Toyotas long list of dangerous recalls perhaps??!! "...is at the very least a comment borne of ignorance.

[fmicle]

Originally Posted by roxy1

In extreme front-crash situations, the defective seatbelt unit could cause a foam pad to ignite.

I'd say that "in extreme front-crash situations" the ignited foam pad is the least of my problems... but that's just me...

[fidgell]

The defective throttle parts are made by CTS a US parts company. Its a FACT that North American cars are NOT assembled/built as well as European/Japanese cars, nor do they on the whole have the same quality/reliability in like for like comparisons.

The member saying they know more than the rest of the automotive world on this issue is sadly, deluded, at best.

The recall over the seatbelt issue was brought up by a couple of cases, wasnt as serious as other models' recalls and as almost every single vehicle on the planet has a recall of some kind is the last of Toyotas worries. Vehicle control issues and wayward spare wheels are of some concern to Toyota and the buying (or not now) public. As the other member says, in a moderate front end crash, a small chance of a little fire from the foam under the seat is not exactly going through your mind at the time....

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by fidgell

and as almost every single vehicle on the planet has a recall of some kind is the last of Toyotas worries.:

exactly, yet the fallacy that japanese made vehicles dont get subjected to recalls still exists....its usually a fantasy that people who bought cars made in japan like to indulge in.

[fidgell]

Originally Posted by roxy1

exactly, yet the fallacy that japanese made vehicles dont get subjected to recalls still exists....its usually a fantasy that people who bought cars made in japan like to indulge in.

ALL vehicles will get recalls, owners just need a sense of reality over the serious (accelerator/brakes etc) against the very small possibility under highly unlikely and unusual situations....(seatbelt sound foam ignition)!!!

Nothing can be tested for every eventuality, but the problem I dont feel is the issue of a recall perse but the likelyhood of it happening and the quality of the parts used in the first place.

Make no mistake the recent mammoth amount of recalls is somewhat unprecedented and HAS left Toyota with a LOT of bridge building to do to regain confidence in the marketplace.

We are lucky, the Yaris appears the best built vehicle in the current Toyota lineup! Maybe it being built in Japan is a coincidence??!!

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by fidgell

The defective throttle parts are made by CTS a US parts company. Its a FACT that North American cars are NOT assembled/built as well as European/Japanese cars, nor do they on the whole have the same quality/reliability in like for like comparisons.

The member saying they know more than the rest of the automotive world on this issue is sadly, deluded, at best.

It's ridiculous to assert that simply because the pedal was produced in the U.S., that is the reason the vehicles were recalled. Just as it's equally ridiculous to say that the Yaris was not recalled simply because it's produced in Japan.

Please show these "facts" concering the inferior build quality of N. American produced Toyotas.

Also, I have a unique perspective on the automotive world...though I can't say a great deal about the Toyota issues, as it would not be prudent. So I should not have even opened my mouth about that.

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by Billiam

It's ridiculous to assert that simply because the pedal was produced in the U.S., that is the reason the vehicles were recalled. Just as it's equally ridiculous to say that the Yaris was not recalled simply because it's produced in Japan.

Please show these "facts" concering the inferior build quality of N. American produced Toyotas.
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part of my point is that it is impossible to even say the japan made yaris was not recalled, because it was

several years ago, the cambridge plant in canada was producing corollas with less problems per 100 vehicles than the average of corollas made in japan. there was a big stink about why this was occurring (i was living in Japan at the time).

id just as gladly take a corolla made in canada as japan, and would gladly take a yaris made in canada if they were ever to produce them there.