Toyota Picked The Wrong Time To Run Those "Reliability" Ads, I'd Say

First, they had to recall millions of vehicles for accelerator issues.

Then they had to recall three more models for brake issues.

Now they're recalling another model - the Tacoma pickup - for powertrain issues.

It's not looking good for Toyota.

But here's something I'd like you to think about.

All the parts involved in all the recalls Toyota's had to do, even counting the recall of the Tundra model last year for frame corrosion, all of them - were manufactured by an American company called Dana Holding Corporation.

Dana Holding Corporation's other major customers are Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors.

Toyota's plants are, by and large, all located in states that are "right to work" states, which means they are NOT manned by the United Auto Workers' Union... But Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors are pretty much exclusively manned by union workers.

I wonder if someone, somewhere, might just have had a little word with the Dana Holding Corporation, and explained just how bad it could be for the company if three of their four main customers went away... and how much better off they'd be, if those same three suddenly got to expand their business thanks to the collapse of the other customer.

For the record, this is speculation; I can't prove it.

But the fact that all the parts thus far recalled have come from that single company is highly suspicious, don't you think?