Behind the global auto recall "30 million vehicles"

The recall tells us from the side that it will be returned sooner or later. Do not believe? You go to see our list of recalls. The top three names are Toyota, GM, and Ford, which have been eager to become the world's No. 31.74 million vehicles in the past few years. Regardless of how you predict that the Chinese market will increase from 18 million vehicles to this number in a few years, you have to accept the fact that I would like to tell you that the global auto companies recalled more than 31.74 million vehicles in 2010, of which only A few appear in the Chinese market.

Recalling is not necessarily a bad thing either. However, the recall tells us from the side that we must return it sooner or later. Do not believe? You look at the list of recalls we made. The top three names are Toyota, GM, and Ford, which have been number one in the world for the past few years.

Toyota's 10 million car recalls make it the world's No. 1 and it is in history. In the next few years, it will be difficult for companies to surpass this record. The failure of the accelerator pedal, the stability of the brake system, and the engine defects have left Toyota with no other consideration for the entire year. This has also caused the government and the public to shift more attention to car safety. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States accepted 64,000 complaints in 2010, almost twice the usual years.

One of the benign results of the recall is that the government will strengthen supervision. In 2000, after the massive recall of Firestone tires, the US Congress quickly passed legislation that required manufacturers to make public announcements as soon as possible when there were potential safety hazards and compensate consumers accordingly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also hired a large number of investigators and created a database, the Early Warning System, to collect data from automakers and parts suppliers including warranty repairs, customer complaints, and traffic accidents.

In 2010, the US Congress held only a few hearings on Toyota recalls, but it has promoted other legislative processes, such as increasing penalties for car manufacturers, requiring car manufacturers to set new standards, and giving the government a recess in Congress. During the announcement of the recall power.

Since 2004, Toyota has been fined US$ 48.8 million by the U.S. government for three recalls. Toyota has also promised to set up a team of engineers to quickly detect the complaints of the car. The team can make decisions directly on the issues concerning the safety of car owners, without having to report it step by step.

“More and more recalls are initiated by the automakers themselves. This is a good phenomenon,” Olivia Alair, a spokesman for the US Department of Transportation, told the media. “Ensuring the safety of vehicle owners is a road safety issue.” The most important work of the Authority and the cooperation with manufacturers will help car safety issues to be solved more quickly and comprehensively."

Wade Newton of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said that automakers "have made significant progress in accurately identifying safety-related issues and are taking action faster and faster", 2010 U.S. traffic deaths have fallen to their lowest levels since 1950, which is not unrelated to people’s attention to car safety issues.

From the history of the development of recalled companies, most of them experienced a period of rapid expansion and scale.

The "Automotive Business Review" hopes that Chinese auto companies will be able to circumvent the problems of rapid growth and quality control as soon as possible, and do not hesitate to join the recalled millions of clubs.