Toyota Matrix recall for driver's window switch

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Mmjust
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Toyota Matrix recall for driver's window switch

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Anybody know if Vibes have the same window switch as Matrix ?

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index ... er_default
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and elsewhere around the world for a faulty power-window switch -- the latest, massive quality woes for Japan's top automaker.

The recall announced Wednesday affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. The power-window switch on the driver's side didn't have grease applied evenly during production, causing friction in the switch and sometimes smoke, according to Toyota.

No crashes or injuries have been reported related to the defect. But more than 200 problems were reported in U.S. and a fewer number of problems were reported elsewhere, including 39 cases in Japan, Toyota spokesman Joichi Tachikawa said.

Recalled in North America are the Yaris, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia and Scion models xB and xD, spanning 2.47 million vehicles.

Some 460,000 vehicles are being recalled in Japan. The models are the Vitz, Belta, Ractis, Ist, Auris and Corolla Lumion. The Yaris, Corolla, Auris, Camry and Rav-4 are being recalled in Europe, totaling 1.39 million vehicles.
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One would assume that the same switch was used in the 2005-2010 Pontiac Vibes. As I rarely use a drive through, and when it's hot turn on the air rather than open the windows I probably would never experience a failure due to lack of lube. I wonder if the manufacturer of that switch has to bear the cost of this recall.
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In the autoblog post they call out the 2009 Model Year Corolla and Matrix.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/10/toyo ... #continued" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Vibe got the newer style Toyota parts bin window switches in 2009.

So we'll need to watch out for the 09-10 Vibes.
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...it'll be "interesting" to see just how long GM takes to 'officially' let us Pontiac Vibe owners know about this recall!
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Old Tele man wrote:...it'll be "interesting" to see just how long GM takes to 'officially' let us Pontiac Vibe owners know about this recall!
I would not be holding my breath........
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It did take them a long time to recall for the shattering windows after Toyota announced their recall. Probably will be quite a while...

Are they going to say "New GM" isn't liable for "Old GM" screwups, including product liability? :twisted: NHTSA probably wouldn't appreciate that I'm sure...
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I will never forget the time the driver's side window motor died on my Olds as it was getting pulled into the car wash! :o
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Mmjust wrote:I will never forget the time the driver's side window motor died on my Olds as it was getting pulled into the car wash! :o
Were you in the car? LOL
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Yes I was in the car! I jumped out and hit the E-stop button before the machine started spewing water though. I chose manual roll up windows on my next car and still prefer them. Electric windows are just another thing to short circuit on me...
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