Employee Claims GM/Toyota Plant Ignored Defect Reports

Datsrboi

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This can't be good.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123608

FREMONT, Calif. — An auditor at the General Motors/Toyota New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) assembly plant here has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court, claiming management routinely ignored or deleted her reports of defects — including problems with safety equipment such as seatbelts and brakes.

The employee, Katy Cameron, had worked at the plant for 23 years, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. She says she received special training in quality control and the spotting of defects, a position she held there since 1991. Her lawsuit claims her vehicle reports on the plant's production of the Toyota Corolla and Tacoma and Pontiac Vibe were not handled properly as far back as 2005.

Some of the problems Cameron says she reported were inadequate braking, engine oil leaks, broken seatbelts and steering alignment issues — some nine to 15 per vehicle on average. The lawsuit says that she eventually began turning in photocopies of the pencil-written reports "to make it more difficult for them to erase," and retained the originals.

The lawsuit claims that managers changed her reports to remove information about defects "in order to lower the daily Defect Per Vehicle," the paper reports. Cameron also alleges that her superiors at NUMMI threatened to fire her, demoted her twice and required her to take mental fitness tests. She is currently on medical leave.

The lawsuit was filed against Toyota, General Motors and the NUMMI plant.

What this means to you: Toyota's quality reputation has taken several hits recently. If these allegations are substantiated, this is a major chink in the company's armor. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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ms07s

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Typical car company policy...if you don't know about it we won't tell you about it. Very stupid and a good way to kill your customer base.
 
jsnowman76

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is someone trying to make a quick buck....?
did someone get shafted on there 401k?


everyone loves getting caught up in lawsuits
 
92nsx

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Yep no 89 supra reported in there. so im ok. Wate i toyota oil pump, interior panels, and rear seats. Still ok unless the interior goes "transformers" on me, but them i think we are all fuc***.

LOL good article
 
willfish

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thats some ill shit,

I took the local toyota dealer to small claims court for putting in a defective clutch , or putting in wrong or another....

only won have of what I was asking for.....

so....



Will
 
cuel

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lol, it was probably all on the GM side...
I have a friend with an 07 Malibu, 6mo. old, already been back to the dealer for warranty stuff(radio inop, onstar inop, window problems). Her husband's 07 c1500 is going in for power steering issues, wheel bearings, and a speaker inop. It's only 6 mo. old as well....
 
ms07s

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lol gm FTL! Still don't know why Toyota is doing business with GM. Did Gm buy them out too?




Love your new avatar cuel! We refer to it as blue oval disease where I work:naughty:
 
7MGTEsup

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All car companys do it, they only tell you about the issue if lots of cars start to become defective. And if they can just squeek past the warenty period they feel they needent bother fixing it let the customer pay.
 
JesseH

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cuel said:
lol, it was probably all on the GM side...
I have a friend with an 07 Malibu, 6mo. old, already been back to the dealer for warranty stuff(radio inop, onstar inop, window problems). Her husband's 07 c1500 is going in for power steering issues, wheel bearings, and a speaker inop. It's only 6 mo. old as well....
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actually I work at a auto parts store and you wouldn't believe how many people are coming in with newer GM cars and replacing some pretty big parts...things that shouldn't be going out on cars that new
 
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