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Recently, the company Chevrolet has had a major recall on there Switch Blade Ignition Keys. The recall happened early in the year of 2014, because the company found that if you hit the key hard enough the key would either fall out, or shut the car down completely. Even though the probability of this happening was very small, there were a few cases of this happening, and as a result people died. As a legal and safety precaution, Chevrolet decided to recall the early 2010 -2014 Camaros due to…

Toyota and Lexus Discriminates Against Black Consumers But Appears in the Movie Black Panther Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (Toyota) and Lexus has engaged in a “pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American borrowers in auto lending” according to the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Toyota abusive and discriminatory practices, include but are not limited to, charging black consumers higher interest rates, increasing interest rates…

Cause - Then In the early 1980s, consumers had complained to Audi about a sudden acceleration problem in their Audi 5000 vehicles (Wathen, 1987). As a result, in March 1986, the Center for Auto Safety submitted a petition to Audi of America, requesting the recall of all 1978 through 1986 Audi 5000 models for the dangerous malfunction. Later that year, on November 23, 1986, the popular CBS television program 60 Minutes aired a report titled “Out of Control” highlighting the case of Kristi…

Today we have this story for you about cars-- American cars. And like most stories about American cars lately, it 's more tragedy than comedy, though there is some comedy in there, too. It 's the story of a factory in California that captures pretty much everything that 's gone wrong in the American car business in the last 30 years. And at the heart of the story is the question, why are American cars still not as good as foreign cars? Come with me for just a half minute to the Detroit Auto…

In the North America flat-panel television market, for example, it has 18.9 percent of the overall market while Sony has a 10.4 percent share. As a leader, its follow-up approach may not be adequate anymore. Many believe that now that Samsung is a leading manufacturer in the electronics market, it needs to change its “follower” mindset. In the early years of this decade Lee (2002) mentioned that the “follower attitude” was a problem of the entire electronics industry of Korea. According to him,…

Takata is a Japanese seat belt and auto airbag system maker that was establishing in 1933 in Japan. For over 60 years they excelled and were successful in the automotive industry making these essential products for car safety. However, in the early 2000’s the company took a stumble and eventually fell due to one major error that’s has followed them for over a decade. Takata has only two product lines, airbag systems and seat belts and in 2000 they began using ammonium nitrate propellant to…

Ethical Decision-Making Steps Due to customer demand for sub-compact cars, and the competition they were having with Germany and Japan. Ford decided that it too would enter the sub-compact car market and would compete with these countries so that they wouldn’t monopolize the American market. So in 1970, Ford Motor Company introduced its new automobile, the Ford Pinto. President Lee Iacocca was intent on getting the Pinto in showrooms by 1971, or within two years and pushed production through.…

The Land Cruiser presently has the longest walking records inside the Toyota lineup. With origins from the Toyota Jeep BJ which become created in 1951, the call "Land Cruiser" has since been used from the discharge of the 20-collection in 1955. With the 3 collection of heavy-responsibility / wagon / light-responsibility types being produced simultaneously, the modern-day 2002 a hundred and twenty (mild-obligation Prado)-collection model marks the tenth version of the Land Cruiser with great…

Toyota Tacoma Blower Problems At first glance it appears that the Toyota Tacoma blower problems stem from a bad blower motor resistor module. However, if you just replace the resistor you’ll find yourself doing this over and over again. In this article we'll talk about how to solve the issue for good. The first thing to tackle is why the replacement part looks so different than the original equipment installed from the factory. The simple answer to the question remains the technology used to…

IV. Product/Product Description The first Ford Explorer was introduced in 1990. The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the American manufacturer Ford Motor Company. The Ford Explorer became one of the most popular sport utility vehicles on the road today. First generation Explorers were equipped with the new 155 hp. This mean that even back then, it was very powerful SUV. The Explorer is available in either front wheel drive or all wheel drive. For the new model,…