Before Toyota, Audi also had controversy with sudden acceleration back in the 1980's because supposedly the gas and brake pedals on Audi's were mounted too close together and drivers might have accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake causing the car to accelerate unitentially. It was eventually ruled as driver error and some changes were made such widening the pedal space and adding a shift interlock, but it damaged Audi's reputation for many years after that.
The Toyota scandal was debunked by many groups including car and driver. Even with the gas pedal to the floor the brakes on modern cars are still powerful enough to bring the car to a stop with little more than a 30% increase in braking distance. This was in fact the greatest auto witch hunt in the history of the industry and nothing more. How watch mojo managed to jump on the hype train after all this time is just testimony to the extreme ignorance displayed by the creators on this channel. Hypathetically speaking even if the mats caused this as described that does not even match the description given during that 911 call. Nor 99% of the claims against Toyota.
The Audi scandal was just a giant shitshow. I‘ve read an article about it where the whole story gets debunked. They even manipulated cars for TV to shift from neutral to drive with no driver behind the wheel. The actual reason for the scandal was that audi used brake pedals similar to those in manual cars, while american vehicles at the time had very wide break pedals. Some soccermoms confused break and gas and ran somebody over, then blamed it on the car. Audi almost pulled out of the US market all together...
This occurs occassionalyy with my 4E shoes and boots in my current Hyundai. I hear the engine reving up as I depress the brake pedal and know immediately what it is.
At the time I spoke with a service advisor I knew at the local Mercury dealer. A big part of the problem was that the tires were inordinately long lived. They had more than one Explorer come in with tires that were over 10 years old that had well over 100,000 miles on them. The vulcanizing failed. As can be seen in the video, the tread would come off the carcass in one piece. It could wrap around the axle, causing that wheel to lock up. It was often the left rear tire, and nobody really knows why it happened.
Same problem in 80s Mitsubishi models but worse, a combination of electronic fuel injection control and computer controlled transmission. Several owners got pinned against door and walls by their own cars.
@Bryson Aiken look, the whole "even if you don't want to thing" was just a joke at the time. I've owned multiple Toyota's of almost every generation, and my daughter even has an '07 she bought for next to nothing to drive to college. The issue that arose with the Toyota's is one of vehicular ignorance. Most new Camry's are bought by people who are, and I say this with kindness, blissfully ignorant of everything automotive. These cars are generally bought to transport, successfully and reliably, folks who give no more thought to their car than they do their refrigerator. I've driven my daughter's Camry, and while it does nothing to dissuade from my opinion, they are actually quite a bit of fun to drive enthusiastically. That ability to perform, coupled with the aforementioned automotive ignorance, with the addition of poorly conceived floormats, led to the mass hysteria. That's it. It was quite fun at the time to creatively troll Toyota loyalists, but it was all in jest. The attitude of the time isn't properly reflected now. I hope your Camry brings you much joy and reliability, I know my daughter's has for her.
Joe R M She blinds everybody with her super high beams, She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine! Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
Every time I hear about the pinto, I am reminded About that scene in Top Secret when the tap the rear end of a pinto ever so softly (ping) and it explodes.
The thing about the GM ignition switches was sort of overblown. The switches were not faulty by design, but they failed when overloaded by heavy keychains combinations.
People don’t understand that having many keys on your keys causes them to move up and down causing them to wear the ignition I found out the hard way when one day I could not turn the barrel now I only have my car key separate
Anyone else here effected by #3 Takata's airbags? Lol. My 08 Civic Si was recalled for it. Service was good at the local Honda dealer, they did that, rotated my tires as well as making sure they was all at 35psi, and gave the car a pretty good wash at no cost to me. For a recall, not a bad experience.
So the family called 911 and said their accelerator was stuck and decided to keep driving instead of you know taking it out of gear or hitting the brakes or turning off the engine and rolling to a stop?
Gm had a big sales year, when they had the ignition switch recall. Why because when customers went in to do the recall. Salesmans would show the customers. New models and hook them like fish. So the customers traded in their old car and got new ones.
Interesting thing is that the people with stuck accelerators didn't think of putting the cars in neutral and let the engine blow. At least then you would be alive to go after Toyota for a new car.
In most cases, cars have a lower rev limiter (like 3,000 or 4,000 rpms) even in Neutral, so even the engine would probably survive. My guess is these people didn't know anything about cars/didn't know what neutral does and/or panicked.
Toyotas were Super Cheap when that Recall Happened. We bought an 07' Camry for $12k with 27k Miles on it still retaining it's Warranty! We still had it inspected and it cleared.
The ford and Firestone recall was actually Fords fault. The explorer of that time was known to have a rollover risk and instead of reengineering the vehicle ford simply lowered the "recommended " tire pressure to unsafe levels. Thus causing the tires to get too hot. Firestone warned Ford against doing so.
No, check the internet to see that Firestone had a problem at their Decatur plant, and decided to blame Ford instead of taking the financial hit. Ford's lowering of the recommended tire pressure didn't bother Firestone enough to stop supplying (and warrenting) the Wilderness tires (again showing that Firestone was more interested in money than the car drivers/passengers). They very obviously didn't think that lower pressure was a problem until after the problems with the tire started showing up.
@@TheAsdfrid It's more about Creativity with the whole 🎥🎬📽🎞 + 📺 thing That criticism over them just sounds like politics of a system that moves way too slow If they let that stuff go they may actually enjoy certain 📽🎬🎥 they only hate over criticism
stampede122 like quite a bit lesser of two evils. One is about a carbon footprint, the others kill people. If this whole bullshit carbon footprint is a big deal, then why don’t they go after trucks which are exempt??
Better yet, simply turn off the ignition. The wheel will not lock, and the residual vacuum will keep the power assist working on the brakes. Not hard to do.
Apparently Mercedes-Benz is now having the same issue as VW has with the emissions scandal. Been hearing about it quite a bit on regional radios here in the UK
Cardboard Sliver my father has been a mechanic for over 50 years and doesn’t care for GM products at all. Also if you remember the Corvair was a massive flop.
Mexican Spec sales don’t determine if it’s a flop to me. Poor engineering and poor reliability can determine if the car is a flop. Those cars didn’t really last very long at all they were practically disposable. My father worked for GM during that period and they weren’t great cars. The rear suspension is just very lousy on them with very weak coil springs. The Corvair’s competitions were thriving in comparison. If it wasn’t a flop it would’ve lasted for many years to come when clearly it didn’t last long at all.
@askmeab0utmylobotomy it’s really just a waste of your resources 😂😂😂😬 My father no longer worked for GM after the 70s considering they’re piles of rubbish
Companies know about the defects and ignore or try to hide them. They end of killing hundreds of people and only pay a fine. Where is the prison time for these executives who decide killing people is more financially advantageous than fixing the problem?
Because the GM ignition switch one was BS, the ignition switch didn't cause the death, the inability of the driver caused it. You don't need power brakes or steering to stop or steer a car. As far as the Explorer one, yeah maybe that should have been higher, like #3 or 2.
the Takata airbag recall "hit" Denmark in 2019 when my 2013 Honda Jazz (Fit) and my parents 2006 Toyota Avensis (size right above the Corolla) were recalled but Toyota and Honda paid for the new airbag
I own a Pinto. It should have been #1. I was downtown one night and a guy yelled at me "Is that a Pinto? Don't those explode?" My only reply was "I sure hope not." haha
@@gapratt4955 , after they spend so much time wrecking everything that has value from stable relationships to genuine entertainment.. it is very hard. Also, it isn't hyperbole when it is as clear as it is. It is only hyperbole till it affects your life.
I remember watching a documentary about the Ford Explorer incident and one of the engineers wanted to widen the tract so it would be more stable, but apparently it wasn’t within the budget. It was based on the Bronco II which also tended to topple over quite a bit.
The Pinto reputation was totally destroyed. In it's final year on the market ,I was driving through a small town that had unfortunately a large volume of Pintos on the lot. I had to stop and reread the sign advertising "Buy one get one free" (Yes. Buy one new, get one new FREE)
The unintended acceleration is easy to deal with. Turn off the ignition. No more acceleration. The thing with the original Pinto gas tank was down to Lee Iacacca. He had made it imperative that the car weigh under $2,000 pounds and cost less than $2,000. The original design had the protection plate included. Iacacca, the bean counter, made the engineers remove it before production. The fault did not manifest on the wagons. The longer tail end protected the back axle and gas tank
The funny part is GM ignition switches have always had problems it's nothing new to us GM owners it's only when the security systems involved is when we got a problem lol 😂
Funny, in all the GM's I've owned never had an issue with the ignition switch. Have 2 Camaro's with the original 37 year old ignition switch in them, no issues other then the keys wearing out.
I suffered from GM's Ignition recall. My former 2004 Saturn Vue had a recall for ignition switch, expect mine NOT for the slip from run to accessory mode. My Vue you could have the ignition key in Run Mode and pull the key out of the Ignition Switch.
I'm from Minnesota and there was a guy who went to jail for vehicular homicide because he was driving one of those Toyotas with the faulty gas pedals and hit and killed a woman but they didn't believe his story. Poor guy spent a year or two in prison until the story hit the news and he could prove his innocence. It was big news in the twin cities, it happened before the news about the defect came to light, dude got a BIG check from Toyota because of that.
@@bigbill2444 Karman Ghia? Not the same as Corvair. Anyway Corvair had a 6 cylinder. VW were 4 cylinder. The Corvair was too heavy in the rear. That's why the solution was to drop the tire pressure way down. Nader was correct, it was about weight dispersion. You are incorrect so why would I want to see more?
@@ScottWilliamson Yes, the KG too. All of them had the same engine/trann/suspension. Why would you want to see more? Indeed, you know it all already (like asking if the KG has the same rear suspension), so I won't confuse you with facts any more.
Just about any rear engine car is prone to oversteer if handled aggressively. Just the nature of the beast. Also worth noting that the NHTSA found the 60-63 Corsair compared favorably to other compacts of the day in terms of their roll over potential.
I was nearly killed by my toyota by the gas pedal getting stuck. That was a fun experience, I instead blew the short block by dropping it in neutral to drop speed and be able to use my brakes.
@Philip only to tacky simpletons. Top Gear was objectively better. There is a reason for why they change the formula of GT every season. Hint: because they can't get it right. Miss me with your shitty taste, "Princess"...
I'm no fan of GM (had three of their cars made past 1977 and they were all shit), but I remember when Dateline NBC tried to manufacture a GM truck scandal, saying that the fuel tanks could explode. GM responded with a request to examine the trucks, which DNBC had claimed were destroyed; they found the two trucks in a junkyard and determined that the tanks had been punctured, in addition to finding attachment points for model rocket motors. The unedited footage was also unearthed, which showed one truck not igniting at all and the other motor causing a small grass fire that was used in the report. NBC would up with some major egg on their faces and Dateline was ordered to apologize on air for their shenanigans. Funny stuff. The weirdest car controversy is the Dale and it's boss "Liz Carmichael". Car claims, cheated people and a transvestite.
For anyone interested, the Toyota issue wasn't actually caused by the matt in the car. The issue was due to terrible software implementation in the car, which was unmaintainable. Because of this, it was a very difficult issue to fix, so Toyota made the decision to blame it on the matt. There where several accounts of serious malpractice during this time in the company, one of which being that it was deemed 'improper' for any executive meetings to be recorded in any way, and all where held behind closed doors, using only no-electronic documents which could be quickly disposed of.
Number 5 is the reason that U-Haul bans all old model (up to 2011 or 2012) Ford Explorers from towing trailers. U-Haul also doesn’t do business with firestone for its fleet tires.
I don't want to be that guy but ... That San Diego guy had time to call 911, but not shift to neutral or turn off the ignition? Why was his first thought to just let the car accelerate?
As a former tire guy, the Ford Firestone problem was on Ford. The door stamp from Ford asked for 26 psi in the tires. They were under inflating every single tire put on Ford explorers. Which should've been at least 35 psi.
@@lakotasky4733 Not sure why they wanted such a low pressure in the tires but it might have been to make the ride softer. Under-inflation causes more friction which overheats the tire and can cause it to wear out faster, have a blowout or, in the case of the Explorer, have tread separation.
#1 is a Joke. A really bad one. A runaway car is easily deflectable. Turn it off, put it neutral, slam the brakes hard and come to a standstill, ....,. Fatal accidents due to a stuck gas pedal ist plain stupidity. Not knowing how to stop a car where the pedal is just stuck under the carpet should alarm the driving instructors not the manufacturer of the vehicle.
The Firestone tires were the worst by far, there was no avoiding it, from normal driving to tumbling in the air in an instant. Had the highest deaths too I think.
Not a recall, but a scandal, the 6.4 powerstroke diesel engine. Intentionally designed to blow-up/fail after 150,000 miles or even less, severing the partnership with Ford and International Navistar. Granted some 6.4s have 300,000 or more.
whenever someone mention Ford Pinto, I start laughing because I remember the hilarious Top Secret! (1984) movie scene, and gladly it was inserted in this video at 8:19 For younger people, this scene alone, may seem not that funny. But to those who watched the entire movie, we remember the entire thing, and laughs are impossible to refrain.
We had the Takata airbag recall on our '05 Corolla here in AUS. They replaced it with another defective airbag, then waited a few more years before they would finally replace it with a safe one.
never really understood how the accelerator issue led to deaths. you can switch the car to neutral, pull over, and shut the car off. I think this really should have raised awareness about how cars work and proper car safety rather only a big blame on Toyota...
So does the floor-mat at get stuck under the accelerator to the point that you can’t put your foot under the accelerator and get it free from the floor-mat? I’ve actually done that before, so that’s why I was a little puzzled with the accelerator issue.
I just brought my 2013 Ford Focus in for recall repair on the fuel tank this past Friday. Joking with the tech about the issue, I asked if me being hit would have made my car explode, he said no, just a valve would seal causing the fuel tank to implode, blow gas all over the road, and the car would suddenly die...Okay!
Car manufacturers spend millions of dollars designing and testing a new vehicle, so they know their flaws well before they hit the dealerships, but instead of going back and spending millions to redesign their flaw on their vehicle, they instead sweep it under the rug. Why? Because its alot cheaper for them to settle a few injury and death claims, then it is for them to go back and redesign a flaw on their vehicles. Car manufacturers don't care about your safety, they just care about their bottom dollar. If it wasn't for the gov stepping in and independent vehicle safety research foundations like the IIHS or NCAP we'd be all still driving around in cars with little to no safety systems in place for occupants like in cars from the 1950's.
Derek Wadas I love ❤️ the Ford Pinto! It is a very nice car! 🚗 I like Nickelback but I think they’re better than Justin Bieber because they’re underrated!
In 2019, Ford sold the Focus with bad transmissions. Ford knew the transmissions were defective, but continue to sell them anyways. As a result, Ford has been sued
My first Pinto not only got rear-ended, the tank flew out like a watermelon-seed. I had half a dozen of the little boogers over the years. They were decent cars. If they had the 2.0, you could even tune them.
Yeah that's why I decided to sell my Chevy Cobalt nobody bought it yet I'm 16 I never hear of any problems with the 88 to 98 Chevrolet C/K trucks I might buy one
I think this was mostly about American centred scandals too, though a couple, such as the VW one did get mentioned as being international, and most of the models/brands were American. The Delorean wasn't a great car, but t wasn't especially dangerous either.
Hands up if your family owned a Ford Pinto! Yep, we did. My Dad had to take it to the dealership often because it just never worked right. We then sold it and bought a Ford Maverick. That was a pretty good car.
Any one else remember the "Firestone 500" fiasco in 1977? I had a new 1977 Charger Dayton with those fucking tires. I would come out in the morning and find one or two flat tires. I had a "bead failure" at 75 MPH in Canada while on vacation and only by sheer luck did I avoid a major wreck. Firestone blamed Dodge, Dodge blamed Firestone and after paying for a new set of BF Goodrich tires did the whole thing become public. I REFUSE to have a Firestone tire on my cars and have walked away from purchasing a vehicle wit them. Once bitten, twice shy.
I never fully understood with the Toyota accelerator issue why 911 could not coach a driver to put trans in neutral (or turn key to "off" but not to"lock")if gas pedal is stuck. Yes floor mats were poorly designed and I agree that sudden full throttle could cause bad accidents, and you may be too panicked to react quickly, but a runaway at full throttle for several miles or minutes seems unlikely that people could not react to that. Just a thought?
Watch the full Fox In The Henhouse documentary here: wmojo.com/foxinthehenhouse
I don’t want politics I want entertainment. God I miss the days when you guys would upload actually good videos
What a jarring plug.
did you pin this 2 weeks ago when it came out today
Don't tell me what to do.
Please make a video called *Top 10 Goofiest Godzilla Movie Moments* sometime. The earlier movies get pretty cartoon-y, trust me.
Before Toyota, Audi also had controversy with sudden acceleration back in the 1980's because supposedly the gas and brake pedals on Audi's were mounted too close together and drivers might have accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake causing the car to accelerate unitentially. It was eventually ruled as driver error and some changes were made such widening the pedal space and adding a shift interlock, but it damaged Audi's reputation for many years after that.
The Toyota scandal was debunked by many groups including car and driver. Even with the gas pedal to the floor the brakes on modern cars are still powerful enough to bring the car to a stop with little more than a 30% increase in braking distance. This was in fact the greatest auto witch hunt in the history of the industry and nothing more. How watch mojo managed to jump on the hype train after all this time is just testimony to the extreme ignorance displayed by the creators on this channel.
Hypathetically speaking even if the mats caused this as described that does not even match the description given during that 911 call. Nor 99% of the claims against Toyota.
The Audi scandal was just a giant shitshow. I‘ve read an article about it where the whole story gets debunked. They even manipulated cars for TV to shift from neutral to drive with no driver behind the wheel.
The actual reason for the scandal was that audi used brake pedals similar to those in manual cars, while american vehicles at the time had very wide break pedals. Some soccermoms confused break and gas and ran somebody over, then blamed it on the car.
Audi almost pulled out of the US market all together...
This occurs occassionalyy with my 4E shoes and boots in my current Hyundai. I hear the engine reving up as I depress the brake pedal and know immediately what it is.
Donald Wilson
Jaguar had the same problem but they where smart and avoided reputation damage by blaming the user for not using driving shoes
Good 411! In addition, the shift interlock you mentioned that Audi developed was later licensed to many manufacturers.
Tires: *Are horrifically faulty*
Firestone: "The tires are fine, the problem is that they were on a car"
At the time I spoke with a service advisor I knew at the local Mercury dealer. A big part of the problem was that the tires were inordinately long lived. They had more than one Explorer come in with tires that were over 10 years old that had well over 100,000 miles on them. The vulcanizing failed. As can be seen in the video, the tread would come off the carcass in one piece. It could wrap around the axle, causing that wheel to lock up. It was often the left rear tire, and nobody really knows why it happened.
Toyota: Moving Forward (even if you don't want to!)
😂 I love Toyota/Lexus
Same problem in 80s Mitsubishi models but worse, a combination of electronic fuel injection control and computer controlled transmission. Several owners got pinned against door and walls by their own cars.
Same issue in my 88 Nissan. Totally can't just reach up and shut the car off. Or shift into park.
Yes, My Toyota is gone wide twice on motorways because car floor mat, very easy fix by swap with the right floor mat of the passenger side.
@Bryson Aiken look, the whole "even if you don't want to thing" was just a joke at the time. I've owned multiple Toyota's of almost every generation, and my daughter even has an '07 she bought for next to nothing to drive to college.
The issue that arose with the Toyota's is one of vehicular ignorance. Most new Camry's are bought by people who are, and I say this with kindness, blissfully ignorant of everything automotive. These cars are generally bought to transport, successfully and reliably, folks who give no more thought to their car than they do their refrigerator. I've driven my daughter's Camry, and while it does nothing to dissuade from my opinion, they are actually quite a bit of fun to drive enthusiastically. That ability to perform, coupled with the aforementioned automotive ignorance, with the addition of poorly conceived floormats, led to the mass hysteria. That's it.
It was quite fun at the time to creatively troll Toyota loyalists, but it was all in jest. The attitude of the time isn't properly reflected now. I hope your Camry brings you much joy and reliability, I know my daughter's has for her.
She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
“Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! Canyonero!”
Joe R M hahahaa yess great throwback reference!!
"The Federal Highway commission has ruled the
Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving"
Joe R M She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
10 yards long two lanes wide built right here with American Pride canyonero!
Every time I hear about the pinto, I am reminded About that scene in Top Secret when the tap the rear end of a pinto ever so softly (ping) and it explodes.
Yea they showed a clip of it
G3 Heathen you mean exactly like the clip they showed in the video....
@@Keyser___Soze Yea exactly
I think about Cujo.
me too. now it makes sense, when I saw it as a kid It was just funny but now in proper context its hilarious
The thing about the GM ignition switches was sort of overblown. The switches were not faulty by design, but they failed when overloaded by heavy keychains combinations.
People don’t understand that having many keys on your keys causes them to move up and down causing them to wear the ignition I found out the hard way when one day I could not turn the barrel now I only have my car key separate
Fords power shift dual clutch transmission is another one.
i got mine replaced. i wish i could get rid of that car/
I want to get a golf r instead
Footage from 'Top Secret' with a Pinto exploding with just a touch! I love that scene!
Anyone else here effected by #3 Takata's airbags? Lol. My 08 Civic Si was recalled for it. Service was good at the local Honda dealer, they did that, rotated my tires as well as making sure they was all at 35psi, and gave the car a pretty good wash at no cost to me. For a recall, not a bad experience.
Yeah my wife's 2 Subarus.
Toyota: Moving forward. Perpetually.
In high school, that was sort of a gag once on the student school news program.
So the family called 911 and said their accelerator was stuck and decided to keep driving instead of you know taking it out of gear or hitting the brakes or turning off the engine and rolling to a stop?
As they’re going over a GM recall RUclips runs me a local GM dealers commercial, thanks but no thanks
I know right, because its not like every manufacture hasn't had at least one decent recall.
Considering GM just issues a recall for faulty braking systems, I believe the brake lines more specifically. 😬
Gm had a big sales year, when they had the ignition switch recall. Why because when customers went in to do the recall. Salesmans would show the customers. New models and hook them like fish. So the customers traded in their old car and got new ones.
8:24 Keep off my rear, I'm explosive, even from the slightest little tap on the bumper! Shouldn't be laughing but that was funny.
I still say that the VW one was pure genius!
Well, in the 30s to 90s, they were.
Interesting thing is that the people with stuck accelerators didn't think of putting the cars in neutral and let the engine blow. At least then you would be alive to go after Toyota for a new car.
In most cases, cars have a lower rev limiter (like 3,000 or 4,000 rpms) even in Neutral, so even the engine would probably survive. My guess is these people didn't know anything about cars/didn't know what neutral does and/or panicked.
It suck if YOU were the person who found out about a dangerous recall.
Toyotas were Super Cheap when that Recall Happened. We bought an 07' Camry for $12k with 27k Miles on it still retaining it's Warranty! We still had it inspected and it cleared.
The ford and Firestone recall was actually Fords fault. The explorer of that time was known to have a rollover risk and instead of reengineering the vehicle ford simply lowered the "recommended " tire pressure to unsafe levels. Thus causing the tires to get too hot. Firestone warned Ford against doing so.
No, check the internet to see that Firestone had a problem at their Decatur plant, and decided to blame Ford instead of taking the financial hit.
Ford's lowering of the recommended tire pressure didn't bother Firestone enough to stop supplying (and warrenting) the Wilderness tires (again showing that Firestone was more interested in money than the car drivers/passengers). They very obviously didn't think that lower pressure was a problem until after the problems with the tire started showing up.
The Firestone tires were fine. Ford was trying to save its bottom line, which was the Explorer’s tendency to flip.
Just a PSA if your car suddenly accelerates don’t be stupid Shift her into Neutral.
Curtis Noble you couldn’t in most Toyota’s back then. They had a lock out feature that you couldn’t shift out of drive with the car at full throttle.
Justin Fincher no way that’s nuts
Turn off the ignition. Simple.
Why can't you watch mojo just stick to these things instead of the movie, tv, game, critic thing ?
Shannon Curtis yes please. Leave specific lists to their respective channels
@@TheAsdfrid
It's more about Creativity with the whole 🎥🎬📽🎞 + 📺 thing
That criticism over them just sounds like politics of a system that moves way too slow
If they let that stuff go they may actually enjoy certain 📽🎬🎥 they only hate over criticism
I would rather have a cheating emissions system than being killed from a faulty airbag or something 😄
Stöpfel W. The whole “lesser of two evils” deal basically
stampede122 like quite a bit lesser of two evils. One is about a carbon footprint, the others kill people. If this whole bullshit carbon footprint is a big deal, then why don’t they go after trucks which are exempt??
If VW would lie about that, what else are they lying about?
Stöpfel W.
So you prefer a small fast killer to a slow mass killer as that is what emissions really is all about?
Philip Koen read again dude 🙄
Sooo.... Unintended acceleration... Does no one know what neutral is?
Better yet, simply turn off the ignition. The wheel will not lock, and the residual vacuum will keep the power assist working on the brakes. Not hard to do.
Apparently Mercedes-Benz is now having the same issue as VW has with the emissions scandal. Been hearing about it quite a bit on regional radios here in the UK
Remember the Dodge Grand Caravan would randomly shut down when driving?
gogoeverybody my old Dodge Magnum SE would do that and one time even while I was coming down an off ramp from the freeway.
Even Minivans are ashamed to be seen in public.
Sounds like they broke down. Sounds about right
Mmmm, good ol GM covering things up, and only fixing things when lawsuits are brought up.
Cardboard Sliver my father has been a mechanic for over 50 years and doesn’t care for GM products at all. Also if you remember the Corvair was a massive flop.
@@jeremystout412 I don't think you can call the Corvair a flop since a lot of those cars were sold.
Mexican Spec sales don’t determine if it’s a flop to me. Poor engineering and poor reliability can determine if the car is a flop. Those cars didn’t really last very long at all they were practically disposable. My father worked for GM during that period and they weren’t great cars. The rear suspension is just very lousy on them with very weak coil springs. The Corvair’s competitions were thriving in comparison. If it wasn’t a flop it would’ve lasted for many years to come when clearly it didn’t last long at all.
All these people driving Cadillacs. Imaging having enough money to buy a luxury vehicle, and you buy a GM product 🙄🤷♂️🤦♂️
@askmeab0utmylobotomy it’s really just a waste of your resources 😂😂😂😬
My father no longer worked for GM after the 70s considering they’re piles of rubbish
This is why Regulations are NECESSARY! It helps ensure the safeties of the customers and the general public!
Blanket statements suck!
A lot of regulations actually harm the public more than they help.
Unless, of course, you just forgot the "/sarc".
Regulations are never a good thing.
*Number 1:* The Death of Lightning McQueen
_He dies from a car accident and he's not feeling so good. Press F for respect._
I agree!
F
Toyota Chief Engineer: Stop Driving your Toyota until we fix brake issue...
Toyota Owners: "WE'RE TTRRYYYIIINNGG"!!!!!
Companies know about the defects and ignore or try to hide them. They end of killing hundreds of people and only pay a fine. Where is the prison time for these executives who decide killing people is more financially advantageous than fixing the problem?
I’ve had a 2012 Chevy Malibu for two and a half years and never gotten a recall on it. GM is very notorious for recalls
How are defects that caused more than one hundred confirmed deaths each at 5th and 6th places when a defect that caused 12 deaths is at number 1?
That’s Watch Mojo for you. Inconsistent and incompetent.
Because the GM ignition switch one was BS, the ignition switch didn't cause the death, the inability of the driver caused it. You don't need power brakes or steering to stop or steer a car. As far as the Explorer one, yeah maybe that should have been higher, like #3 or 2.
I can think of a couple more: the Vauxhall Zafira B fires in 2015 and the Ford automatic transmission recall in 1980.
the Takata airbag recall "hit" Denmark in 2019 when my 2013 Honda Jazz (Fit) and my parents 2006 Toyota Avensis (size right above the Corolla) were recalled but Toyota and Honda paid for the new airbag
Me too, I live in Italy and my mom at that time bought a Toyota IQ that was recalled for the same problem
I forgot the year, but Suzuki made a car that would roll over in a curve. It was dubbed the Suzuki Suicide
im on firestones side... a tire blowout shouldn’t cause a vehicle to flip.. that is a bad car design!
If Ford had inflated them properly it wouldn't have happened. The way Ford set the truck up it would have happened with any brand tire.
I own a Pinto. It should have been #1. I was downtown one night and a guy yelled at me "Is that a Pinto? Don't those explode?" My only reply was "I sure hope not." haha
Takata is almost 7 years out of business, but I work for a trucking company, and we are still picking up Takata airbags for disposal
Wait till scotty sees whos at #1
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MuerT Why you should not buy a Toyota!
Putting a pro-socialism propaganda blurb at the beginning of the video just wrecked your credibility.
Sounds like someone needs to step back from the propaganda. Triggered by a commercial!? LOL!
@@gapratt4955 , sounds like you need to just wake up to how much media saturation has made a failed ideology so inviting to people like you!
@@Panwere36 Perfectly aware, just able to ignore the hyperbole when watching an entertainment vid.
@@gapratt4955 , after they spend so much time wrecking everything that has value from stable relationships to genuine entertainment.. it is very hard. Also, it isn't hyperbole when it is as clear as it is. It is only hyperbole till it affects your life.
"They knew about the issue" for fuck's sake
The early Ford explorer was also a terrible vehicle that would roll over if you so much as look at the steering wheel the wrong way.
Yeah, I thought this would make the list, but perhaps it isn't considered a "scandal", just bad publicity.
@Robert Baptie yup, infact most 90s & early 2000s SUVs tended to roll over alot.
I remember watching a documentary about the Ford Explorer incident and one of the engineers wanted to widen the tract so it would be more stable, but apparently it wasn’t within the budget. It was based on the Bronco II which also tended to topple over quite a bit.
@@jeremystout412Ya that Chassis was never the most stable, doesn't help that they then added more weight on top.
A N D Y that’s definitely true, and most automakers are concerned of manufacturing costs over safety so it doesn’t really surprise me.
Those tyres are the Firestone Wilderness tyres that you forgot to say Rebecca
Yeesh... that last one seems like a really easy and affordable one to fix too.
The Pinto reputation was totally destroyed. In it's final year on the market ,I was driving through a small town that had unfortunately a large volume of Pintos on the lot. I had to stop and reread the sign advertising "Buy one get one free" (Yes. Buy one new, get one new FREE)
The unintended acceleration is easy to deal with. Turn off the ignition. No more acceleration.
The thing with the original Pinto gas tank was down to Lee Iacacca. He had made it imperative that the car weigh under $2,000 pounds and cost less than $2,000. The original design had the protection plate included. Iacacca, the bean counter, made the engineers remove it before production. The fault did not manifest on the wagons. The longer tail end protected the back axle and gas tank
5:15 The year 2000 was not the new millenium. It was the last year of the 20th century.
This is definitely a US-oriented video.
@matt That's not what I meant. I meant the video was a bit boring for non-US viewers.
And US cars are still trash lol
Bodycount AU Lol, who started the assembly line? You know, how your pos car is made.
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Bodycount AU Henry *Ford*
The funny part is GM ignition switches have always had problems it's nothing new to us GM owners it's only when the security systems involved is when we got a problem lol 😂
Funny, in all the GM's I've owned never had an issue with the ignition switch. Have 2 Camaro's with the original 37 year old ignition switch in them, no issues other then the keys wearing out.
Never had issues with my GM ignition switches and I’ve owned GM products since 1977.
I suffered from GM's Ignition recall. My former 2004 Saturn Vue had a recall for ignition switch, expect mine NOT for the slip from run to accessory mode. My Vue you could have the ignition key in Run Mode and pull the key out of the Ignition Switch.
I'm from Minnesota and there was a guy who went to jail for vehicular homicide because he was driving one of those Toyotas with the faulty gas pedals and hit and killed a woman but they didn't believe his story. Poor guy spent a year or two in prison until the story hit the news and he could prove his innocence. It was big news in the twin cities, it happened before the news about the defect came to light, dude got a BIG check from Toyota because of that.
Corvair should be in the top 20, then. They dragged you off the road backwards in corners. See Ralph Nader.
Nader was wrong. VW used the exact same type of rear suspension.
See my reply above.
@@bigbill2444 Karman Ghia? Not the same as Corvair. Anyway Corvair had a 6 cylinder. VW were 4 cylinder. The Corvair was too heavy in the rear. That's why the solution was to drop the tire pressure way down.
Nader was correct, it was about weight dispersion. You are incorrect so why would I want to see more?
@@ScottWilliamson Yes, the KG too. All of them had the same engine/trann/suspension.
Why would you want to see more? Indeed, you know it all already (like asking if the KG has the same rear suspension), so I won't confuse you with facts any more.
@@bigbill2444 Have yet to hear any facts from you. They would be accompanied by a hyperlink as proof....
You have zero automotive knowledge, son.
LOL
Just about any rear engine car is prone to oversteer if handled aggressively. Just the nature of the beast. Also worth noting that the NHTSA found the 60-63 Corsair compared favorably to other compacts of the day in terms of their roll over potential.
Ford “solved” the Pinto issue by placing rubber on the edge of the rear bumper so as to keep the metal from sparking!
Tyler Durden investigated these cases for a living.
You Understand That The 1st Rule Is NOT To Talk About That !! 😎
@@waylonmccrae3546 The 2nd rule, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT!
@@alexluft5742 The 3rd Rule ..... You Do Not Talk About That Which You Are Not Supposed To Talk About , So You Can't Talk About That !! 🤫
Hey Scotty, what did you think of the unintended acceleration in Toyotas back in 2009?
I was nearly killed by my toyota by the gas pedal getting stuck. That was a fun experience, I instead blew the short block by dropping it in neutral to drop speed and be able to use my brakes.
Finally found someone that was able to think under pressure. Good job getting out of that.
Did the pedal get stuck under a mat or was it a crazy computer?
Number 1 scandal involving cars: Jeremy Clarkson killing Top Gear because he just had to be a big baby...
Lol only three people get this joke....sincerely Richard May lol
Jotta H. Nice one. It’s true it’s dam true
@Philip only to tacky simpletons.
Top Gear was objectively better. There is a reason for why they change the formula of GT every season. Hint: because they can't get it right.
Miss me with your shitty taste, "Princess"...
I'm no fan of GM (had three of their cars made past 1977 and they were all shit), but I remember when Dateline NBC tried to manufacture a GM truck scandal, saying that the fuel tanks could explode. GM responded with a request to examine the trucks, which DNBC had claimed were destroyed; they found the two trucks in a junkyard and determined that the tanks had been punctured, in addition to finding attachment points for model rocket motors. The unedited footage was also unearthed, which showed one truck not igniting at all and the other motor causing a small grass fire that was used in the report. NBC would up with some major egg on their faces and Dateline was ordered to apologize on air for their shenanigans. Funny stuff.
The weirdest car controversy is the Dale and it's boss "Liz Carmichael". Car claims, cheated people and a transvestite.
bmw's being 'reliable'
rather any European import being reliable
That's the myth of German engineering.
I have a Toyota (Etios model in Argentina) and indeed i had a recall for my airbags in 2019.
For anyone interested, the Toyota issue wasn't actually caused by the matt in the car. The issue was due to terrible software implementation in the car, which was unmaintainable. Because of this, it was a very difficult issue to fix, so Toyota made the decision to blame it on the matt. There where several accounts of serious malpractice during this time in the company, one of which being that it was deemed 'improper' for any executive meetings to be recorded in any way, and all where held behind closed doors, using only no-electronic documents which could be quickly disposed of.
Number 5 is the reason that U-Haul bans all old model (up to 2011 or 2012) Ford Explorers from towing trailers. U-Haul also doesn’t do business with firestone for its fleet tires.
8:24 aaaah i thought it was just a random gag, now i understand the reference.. Hahaah.. Love "Top Secret"
@BigLBA1 exactly!!! Funny after mmm 26 years or so since i first watched it, i finally get it hahaha..
I don't want to be that guy but ... That San Diego guy had time to call 911, but not shift to neutral or turn off the ignition? Why was his first thought to just let the car accelerate?
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Burleon Can’t say he’s wrong I mean... Chrysler does own fiat..
Ford.. Found on roadside dead
@@rapidshot3033 Other way around. Fiat owns Chrysler. Chrysler hasn't been on its own since the late 90's.
@P-Impmon Government Motors now since they took that Bailout money.
As a former tire guy, the Ford Firestone problem was on Ford. The door stamp from Ford asked for 26 psi in the tires. They were under inflating every single tire put on Ford explorers. Which should've been at least 35 psi.
Wasn't the car not wide enough and instead of spending money on redesign the car they said fuck it ?
SouPNaZi interesting! Why u think they would do that? Sorry not the sharpest concerning automobiles/mechanics but found your post interesting
@SoupNaZi I was going to make the same comment until I saw yours.
No soup for you!
@@lakotasky4733 Not sure why they wanted such a low pressure in the tires but it might have been to make the ride softer. Under-inflation causes more friction which overheats the tire and can cause it to wear out faster, have a blowout or, in the case of the Explorer, have tread separation.
@@Greezmunky77 I was astounded at the 25 psi door stamp..... Factory sticker. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
Yo I was at the intersection when the Lexus crashed. I remembered hearing about it on the news later. Had no idea it caused that Toyota recall though.
#1 is a Joke. A really bad one. A runaway car is easily deflectable. Turn it off, put it neutral, slam the brakes hard and come to a standstill, ....,. Fatal accidents due to a stuck gas pedal ist plain stupidity. Not knowing how to stop a car where the pedal is just stuck under the carpet should alarm the driving instructors not the manufacturer of the vehicle.
The Firestone tires were the worst by far, there was no avoiding it, from normal driving to tumbling in the air in an instant. Had the highest deaths too I think.
Why am I watching breaking bad while hearing about the pinto?
You were watching Breaking Bad while they were talking about Chevrolet ignitions. I guess a Pontiac is close enough.
Not a recall, but a scandal, the 6.4 powerstroke diesel engine. Intentionally designed to blow-up/fail after 150,000 miles or even less, severing the partnership with Ford and International Navistar. Granted some 6.4s have 300,000 or more.
whenever someone mention Ford Pinto, I start laughing because I remember the hilarious Top Secret! (1984) movie scene, and gladly it was inserted in this video at 8:19
For younger people, this scene alone, may seem not that funny. But to those who watched the entire movie, we remember the entire thing, and laughs are impossible to refrain.
When my wife and I got divorced, I bought her a parting gift: A '91 Explorer w/Firestone tires. ;-)
We had the Takata airbag recall on our '05 Corolla here in AUS. They replaced it with another defective airbag, then waited a few more years before they would finally replace it with a safe one.
Part 2 please! Cuz this topic is longer than a top 10 list.
never really understood how the accelerator issue led to deaths. you can switch the car to neutral, pull over, and shut the car off. I think this really should have raised awareness about how cars work and proper car safety rather only a big blame on Toyota...
I don't understand why the 911 operator didn't say put it in neutral.
So does the floor-mat at get stuck under the accelerator to the point that you can’t put your foot under the accelerator and get it free from the floor-mat? I’ve actually done that before, so that’s why I was a little puzzled with the accelerator issue.
I just brought my 2013 Ford Focus in for recall repair on the fuel tank this past Friday. Joking with the tech about the issue, I asked if me being hit would have made my car explode, he said no, just a valve would seal causing the fuel tank to implode, blow gas all over the road, and the car would suddenly die...Okay!
That's why we don't buy Fords.
The 70's Volvo scandal of reinforcing the car 's top to make it appear un crushable in magazine ads.
Car manufacturers spend millions of dollars designing and testing a new vehicle, so they know their flaws well before they hit the dealerships, but instead of going back and spending millions to redesign their flaw on their vehicle, they instead sweep it under the rug. Why? Because its alot cheaper for them to settle a few injury and death claims, then it is for them to go back and redesign a flaw on their vehicles. Car manufacturers don't care about your safety, they just care about their bottom dollar. If it wasn't for the gov stepping in and independent vehicle safety research foundations like the IIHS or NCAP we'd be all still driving around in cars with little to no safety systems in place for occupants like in cars from the 1950's.
Why wasn't the Audi story from the 80's not included? They were exploding to right?
The Ford Pinto is the Nickelback of automobiles.
Derek Wadas I love ❤️ the Ford Pinto! It is a very nice car! 🚗 I like Nickelback but I think they’re better than Justin Bieber because they’re underrated!
Before watching:
Gremlin, Edsel, Pinto, DeLorean.
After:
Recent years bias much?
failed cars like the Gremlin, Edsel and DeLorean aren't really scandals. and the Pinto *was* on the list.
That "fix" for the pinto's fuel tank was a large slab of sheet plastic that really didn't change anything. My dad worked for FMC and installed them.
In 2019, Ford sold the Focus with bad transmissions. Ford knew the transmissions were defective, but continue to sell them anyways. As a result, Ford has been sued
I had a 2002 Ford Escort. The 2.0L SOHC engine had a nasty habit of dropping valve seats. Ford knew about it and still won't recall them.
@@JDsHouseofHobbies Chrysler hemis do the same thing. They don't care unless it's still under warranty.
I am so fucking sick and tired of companies, ceos, and businesses playing games with our lives and safety. With ZERO consequences. I am furious
That Volkswagen emissions scandal was the most interesting one on the video
The wayward dodge viper completely evaded the list
My first Pinto not only got rear-ended, the tank flew out like a watermelon-seed.
I had half a dozen of the little boogers over the years. They were decent cars. If they had the 2.0, you could even tune them.
All three of the scandals I thought would be there was there
You need to think twice about getting your first car.
Maybe think about it another 10x and sleep on it to because cars are more expensive than ever and some are pieces of shit
Yeah that's why I decided to sell my Chevy Cobalt nobody bought it yet I'm 16 I never hear of any problems with the 88 to 98 Chevrolet C/K trucks I might buy one
I thought it was going to be scandals like the Delorean
Yeah was expecting to see DMC and Tucker on the list.
I think this was mostly about American centred scandals too, though a couple, such as the VW one did get mentioned as being international, and most of the models/brands were American. The Delorean wasn't a great car, but t wasn't especially dangerous either.
Hands up if your family owned a Ford Pinto! Yep, we did. My Dad had to take it to the dealership often because it just never worked right. We then sold it and bought a Ford Maverick. That was a pretty good car.
Maverick, Comet, Falcon, Mustang and others were all on the same platform at one point.
Pintos are still my favorite car. They were so simple and got every job done I needed them to.
I learned to drive in a '77 Pinto, my first car was a '79 Pinto, and I still own two of them.
Any one else remember the "Firestone 500" fiasco in 1977? I had a new 1977 Charger Dayton with those fucking tires. I would come out in the morning and find one or two flat tires. I had a "bead failure" at 75 MPH in Canada while on vacation and only by sheer luck did I avoid a major wreck. Firestone blamed Dodge, Dodge blamed Firestone and after paying for a new set of BF Goodrich tires did the whole thing become public. I REFUSE to have a Firestone tire on my cars and have walked away from purchasing a vehicle wit them. Once bitten, twice shy.
if your car started going fast for no reason, why wouldn't you put the car in neutral and/or use your emergency brake?
Tow Dow 3 the brakes should work also.
I never fully understood with the Toyota accelerator issue why 911 could not coach a driver to put trans in neutral (or turn key to "off" but not to"lock")if gas pedal is stuck. Yes floor mats were poorly designed and I agree that sudden full throttle could cause bad accidents, and you may be too panicked to react quickly, but a runaway at full throttle for several miles or minutes seems unlikely that people could not react to that. Just a thought?
The fiat Chrysler; hacking is like the movie, the fast of the furious
I just got my recall notice about the airbag in my 2014 Mustang. Who knew I had a hand grenade with the pin pulled staring right at me. YIKES!!
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