Toyota could face Australia's largest ever compensation payout over more than 260,000 defective vehicles

[onthedarkside]

 

 

Hundreds of thousands of Australians who were sold defective Toyota vehicles will be able to apply for compensation from Monday.

 

It comes after a Federal Court judgement handed down in April that found more than 260,000 Toyota vehicles were defective when sold. 

 

The court found Toyota HiLux, Prado and Fortuner vehicles sold between October 1, 2015 and April 23, 2020 were sold with faulty diesel particulate filters (DPF).

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With an expected average compensation payout of $10,500 per vehicle, Toyota could be facing a total compensation bill of more than $2.7 billion.

 

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-19/toyota-class-action-faulty-diesel-vehicle-compensation/101165578

 

 

 

[inThailand]

And where were these cars made?

Where quality workmanship and control is highly embaced? 

In the LOS? 

[Peterphuket]

I think the cars made in LOS don't have any diesel particulate filter.

For this country I mean, for export is a different story.

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, inThailand said:

And where were these cars made?

Where quality workmanship and control is highly embaced? 

In the LOS? 

You guessed it. A quick look on Google......

 

[ballpoint]

22 hours ago, onthedarkside said:

The court found Toyota HiLux, Prado and Fortuner vehicles sold between October 1, 2015 and April 23, 2020 were sold with faulty diesel particulate filters (DPF).

This has nothing to do with the build quality of the vehicles, but concerns the diesel particulate filters fitted to them.  These filters were Toyota designed and not manufactured here.  (Even if they had been, the design itself was faulty, not the way they were assembled or fitted).

But, any excuse for a good old Thai bashing. 

[Excel]

1 minute ago, ballpoint said:

These filters were Toyota designed and not manufactured here.

Where were they manufactured and by whom please ?

[ballpoint]

30 minutes ago, Excel said:

Where were they manufactured and by whom please ?

The faulty design is fitted to Hilux, Fortuner and Prado models. Prados are manufactured in Japan, as are the DPFs fitted to all of them.  They aren't a standard feature on Thai manufactured vehicles, but are fitted, ready assembled, to models for the Australian and NZ markets - otherwise there would be a lot more countries involved in this.

 

In any case, as I said before, it is the design of them that is faulty, not the build quality:

 

"The redesigned DPF that Toyota Japan has created for the updated models coming soon has been trialled here since last year."

Hilux to debut ‘DPF drama’ cure — Motoringnz

 

"Court accepts Toyota DPF had “design defect”"

Federal court accepts report that Toyota DPF-equipped cars had “design defect” (whichcar.com.au)

 

"It further noted that “this defect was inherent in the design of the DPF system” and “present in all relevant vehicles”."

Revealed: the damning report on Toyota diesel particulate filters - Drive

 

“The biggest difference between VW and Toyota is that VW has had DPFs in cars since 2010, whereas Toyota only introduced them in 2015. That’s five years of R&D and market feedback that they’ve missed out on.

“Give it five years and I have no doubt that the Toyota DPF systems will be as reliable as other manufacturers.”

Are diesel particulate filters getting a bum rap? (whichcar.com.au)

 

 

Edited June 20, 2022 by ballpoint