<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/" rel="tag">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">GM</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tesla/" rel="tag">Tesla</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20091230/BUSINESS01/912300358/1210/Business/Toyotas-1st-in-safety-recalls-for-1st-time"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/lexus-gaspedal-main-page.jpg" /></a></div>
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2009 has seen a bumper crop of automobile recalls. The<em> Detroit</em> <em>Free Press</em> reports that there were 15.2 million units recalled this year - nearly double the 8.6 million vehicles that were called back in all of 2008. And the leader of the recall pack was<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/"> Toyota</a>, with a knee-wobbling 4.87 million cars and trucks recalled due mostly to the Japanese automaker's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/08/consumer-reports-over-40-percent-of-sudden-acceleration/">unintended acceleration issue</a>. Toyota had nine major recalls in all in 2009, with the other big issue coming courtesy of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/24/toyota-extends-tundra-rust-recall-to-include-2000-03-models-tot/">rusting Tundra frames</a>. Toyota took the top spot in recalls for the first time ever this year, which tells you as much about how bad 2009 was for Aichi, Japan-based automaker as it does about its history of making high-quality automobiles.<br />
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This year's second biggest offender? <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford Motor Company</a>. The Blue Oval recalled 4.52 million vehicles to land in second place in the recall rankings, due mainly to the company's ongoing issue with cruise control modules. Without the years-old cruise control issue, Ford would have had posted best year ever. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/">General Motors</a> rounded out the top three, with 2.24 million recalls announced in 2009, thought it is worth noting that the Detroit, MI-based automaker's 17 total recalls was the most of any automaker. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> actually had a good 2009 - at least when it comes to recalls - with just under 600,000 vehicles affected. Head over to the <em>Detroit Free Press</em> for the complete ranking of 2009 recalls by automaker. <br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20091230/BUSINESS01/912300358/1210/Business/Toyotas-1st-in-safety-recalls-for-1st-time">Detroit Free Press</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/detroit-free-press-toyota-lead-all-automakers-with-most/"><i>Detroit Free Press</i>: Toyota lead all automakers with most recalled vehicles in 2009</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/detroit-free-press-toyota-lead-all-automakers-with-most/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19298146/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/detroit-free-press-toyota-lead-all-automakers-with-most/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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2009 has seen a bumper crop of automobile recalls. The<em> Detroit</em> <em>Free Press</em> reports that there were 15.2 million units recalled this year - nearly double the 8.6 million vehicles that were called back in all of 2008. And the leader of the recall pack was<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/"> Toyota</a>, with a knee-wobbling 4.87 million cars and trucks recalled due mostly to the Japanese automaker's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/08/consumer-reports-over-40-percent-of-sudden-acceleration/">unintended acceleration issue</a>. Toyota had nine major recalls in all in 2009, with the other big issue coming courtesy of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/24/toyota-extends-tundra-rust-recall-to-include-2000-03-models-tot/">rusting Tundra frames</a>. Toyota took the top spot in recalls for the first time ever this year, which tells you as much about how bad 2009 was for Aichi, Japan-based automaker as it does about its history of making high-quality automobiles.<br />
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This year's second biggest offender? <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford Motor Company</a>. The Blue Oval recalled 4.52 million vehicles to land in second place in the recall rankings, due mainly to the company's ongoing issue with cruise control modules. Without the years-old cruise control issue, Ford would have had posted best year ever. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/">General Motors</a> rounded out the top three, with 2.24 million recalls announced in 2009, thought it is worth noting that the Detroit, MI-based automaker's 17 total recalls was the most of any automaker. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> actually had a good 2009 - at least when it comes to recalls - with just under 600,000 vehicles affected. Head over to the <em>Detroit Free Press</em> for the complete ranking of 2009 recalls by automaker. <br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20091230/BUSINESS01/912300358/1210/Business/Toyotas-1st-in-safety-recalls-for-1st-time">Detroit Free Press</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/detroit-free-press-toyota-lead-all-automakers-with-most/"><i>Detroit Free Press</i>: Toyota lead all automakers with most recalled vehicles in 2009</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/detroit-free-press-toyota-lead-all-automakers-with-most/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19298146/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/detroit-free-press-toyota-lead-all-automakers-with-most/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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