Toyota: 270,000 Vehicles Have Faulty Engines

Bummer. Good thing for Toyota we still have oil gushing out into the Gulf otherwise the experts in the mainstream media would wax hyperbole about this latest automotive situation.

What has happened to Toyota? They were at the top in reliability for so many years and now problems keep cropping up. Has there been a change in their engineering department? Are the accountants starting to run the business? Could it be a lack of problems with other companies has caused Toyota owners to focus more on their own problems; problems that may have been ignored in the past as just being "normal". For example: If I am driving my car, any car, unless brand new and the engine quits for no good reason, I just restart it. If it continues running, fine! that's the end of it. If the problem continues over and over, then I investigate to find the problem. I question whether the problems Toyota owners are having is an intermittent or chronic problem. Cars are far from being perfect. They are mechanical and electrical and things break. The break may or may not be due to a design flaw.

"potentially faulty engines" What does this mean? How can anyone predict when something will fail? It might never fail. It's like saying; 50% of the 8th grade will fail. Some will and some won't, but it can't be predicted who will or won't. It does a disservice to brand a company with "potential" failure.