Recalls Rise in 2009
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Automakers recalled the most vehicles since 2005 this past year, with 16.4 million vehicles in 492 campaigns, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That’s nearly 6 million more vehicles than in 2008.
The results are largely skewed by two major recalls from Toyota and Ford. Toyota recalled 4.87 million vehicles, including its record-breaking 4.26 million-vehicle recall due to reports of sudden acceleration. Ford, meanwhile, recalled 4.5 million vehicles in eight campaigns, mostly to fix a defective cruise control deactivation switch that had been linked to vehicle fires.
Most automakers saw a rise in recalls. GM recalled 2.2 million vehicles, up from 1.9 million in 2008; Chrysler 590,000, up from 360,000; Nissan 706,000, up from 581,000.
Hyundai and its Kia unit recalled 1.3 million vehicles. Volkswagen recalled just 100,000. The only automaker to see a decrease in number of recalls was Honda, which had four campaigns recalling 454,000 vehicles, down from 797,000 in 2008.
Overall, the industry improved its numbers in the last half of the decade. In 2004, the industry set a record with 600 campaigns that saw almost 31 million vehicles recalled.
Auto Recalls Surge in ’09, NHTSA Says (Detroit News)
