But you make parts, you don't assemble the vehicles. They're halting production on 8 models, temporarily. Camry, Corolla and some others.
NY Times:
"The suspension has the potential to further damage Toyota, whose reputation for quality helped make it the world’s No. 1 carmaker in recent years. Toyota said it would immediately stop selling the Camry, Corolla and Avalon sedans, Matrix wagon, RAV4 crossover, Tundra pickup, and Highlander and Sequoia sport utility vehicles.
Toyota said the move was intended to restore confidence in the automaker, and the safety of its products. One analyst said many consumers might have a different reaction.
“The problem seems to be getting larger than anyone was led to believe at first,” said Erich Merkle, an analyst with Autoconomy.com in Grand Rapids, Mich. “A lot of those vehicles are probably in the garages of families. It gets people thinking, ‘Would I want my wife and kids in the vehicle, would they know what to do in a situation like that.’ ”
It will also stop building those models the week of Feb. 1. All of the vehicles are assembled in the United States or Canada, at a total of five plants.
The models affected accounted for more than a million sales in 2009, 57 percent of Toyota’s American total for the year.
Stock in Toyota was down 3.4 percent at midday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange."
Speaking of steering,
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...ing-problems/1
and Honda's having issues with older models:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ius09_ST_N.htm