Just thought I'd throw this one in. In June 2006, Toyota recalled 160,000 Tundra pickups, because the pickups were fitted with a passenger side airbag cut-off swtich, but without a front seat LATCH system.
The NHTSA states that vehicles fitted with a shut-off switch must also be fitted with a LATCH system. This regulation was passed in 2002!
Toyota's solution: Remove the switch! This makes the front seat an even more dangerous place to have your young child ride!
Granted that Toyota had no other solution to the problem (it would have cost millions to fit all the seats with the LATCH system), but it just shows the lack of focus on little details that is happening with this company. It probably would have cost Toyota approx. $100 per vehicle to add the LATCH system while on the production line.
Weird stuff.
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