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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
 I wonder if some weren't initiated just BECAUSE of the Toyota issues. Bunch of companies probably thought: ooook, let's recall NOW instead of waiting for someone to find out about the issue and make us look as bad as Toyota does... |
I was actually thinking the same thing today. If Toyota is the bad guy by default, then everyone else can get away with recalls for a little while. The press isn't going to hit the whole auto industry while Congress is interrogating Toyota alone. It actually seems like a good business strategy to have a recall now and avoid fallout later.