subject: Recall Lexus: 17.000 Lexus Hs 250h Recalled [print this page] Toyota announced Saturday that it will recall more than 17,000 units of HS Lexus 250h to their service. This measure was taken after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have concluded that if the car was hit from the back, in an accident, the container yields and fuel would leak, this simply overgoing a safety procedure. There was no other option than to recall the units and fix the problem as fast as they could in order to keep a premium class of customers happy with their products. This is not the first even of this type for Toyota and the trust of the company in the eyes of te buyers seems to be going down really fast.
The NHSA tested most of the models from 2010 at a speed of 75 km / h. Following this, the conclusion was that Toyota needs to stop then sales of their Lexus 250h HS and they need to solve the problem. Lexus officials say they take very seriously studies by NHSA and they want to show clients that their safety is most important. Indeed, safety is important, but it would have been far better if they would not have set their vehicles in the showrooms, available for a premium class.
HS 250h Toyota model was tested during development, said the Japanese officials, and the car performed very well. For now, the Japanese engineers are working on solving the problem. It is still unknown why the test results are so different. Toyota said it will find solutions as soon as all clients will be contacted in order to recall their vehicles into service.
HS Lexus 250h is equipped with a propeller of 2.4 liters and Lexus Hybrid Drive system. The two engines produce 187 horsepower together. Acceleration from 0-100 km / h takes place in 8.4 seconds. Joint consumption is 7 liters per 100 kilometers. So yes, we are talking about a premium model similar to the 5 Serie from BMW or the Audi 6. Lately, these recalls have been a problem for the trust of the company, making them lose customers in favour of american models, in the US. The Europeans seem to prefer the French models, situated at the same price with the Japanese or Coreean models, with more expensive car parts and mainainance process, but with better results in all the technical check-ups done by independent associations.
Toyota Motor Corporation commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. In 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 71,116 people worldwide, according to Wikipedia.The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. They have later aquired the Lexus premium brand in order to diversity their clients.
