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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Well, if it was a bad batch of parts it should have been caught sometime before they were installed. And if it wasn't, then Toyota didn't do the proper engineering to get the right safety factor for the parts.
Smaller numbers ... did you happen to notice that this is exclusive to the Lexus brand who only sold 910k units in the US for the 3 affected model years?
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Random testing...do you really think GM tests EVERY SINGLE PART EVERY SINGLE TIME? And, in my analogy, do you really think Hendrick KNOWS, even in the small numbers they work with, which springs are or are not "perfect"? No. They build upwards of 1000 Sprint Cup engines/year, and EXPECT some valve spring problems will occur. Just like Chev expects some LS7 springs to pop...which they have/do... Recall for LS7s, or the LS6 before it? No...just a TSB...even though 100% are potentially affected...
910K units...Caddie would
KILL for those sorts of numbers... Hell, their Number One seller, the RX 350, isn't even affected, nor the ES 350, IS 250, GX, LX, HS...
If you go back to GM's soft cam problem, the potential exceeded a MILLION affected units (Lexus is only 270 of 910 specific, totalled, using your numbers), with NO RECALL...kinda like last year's MN6 problem with Camaro SSs..."
IF they break, and the customer bitches effectively,
maybe we'll do sumthin' 'bout it..."
If anything has been learned and retained, in the last 7 months:
"It's better to be pro-active than reactive" , which is a lesson NOT apparently enjoyed by all others, all the time...
Be very careful when you lift the lid on "Pandora's Box"...