Posted On: January 29, 2007, 9:00 am CST

Posted By: Mjolnir

I'll meet you half way- the domestics are getting better.

However, Toyota recently announced that they have seen slips in quality from their aggressive expansion recently. Due to that, they also said they were going to pause and re-emphasize quality.

I spent 6 years in the automotive industry (NOT at a domestic) and those sorts of announcements are indicative of deeper problems.

It's important to realize that recalls affecting 525,000 trucks are bad in and of themselves, but they also show that the company overall is failing in either quality control or design.

A big failure in one area generally indicates small failures in other areas. And, while I would love to see the numbers you talked about, I want to see them to check for trends in recent Japanese repair costs.

This is not the only forum I frequent, and the posts here are not the only complaints from Honda and Toyota owners I've seen.

As I said before, I am waiting to see what repair and reliability numbers look like in 3 or 4 years. I have a sneaking suspicion that some people will be very surprised to see how "reliable" some of the new cars are... particularly the Camry, the Civic, and the Altima. While I don't have hard evidence like you're talking about, I see enough anecdotal evidence to suggest a strong trend.

And, I'm going to need to know how much tires are going to cost me yearly on that Camaro.