I agree that Forklift business have benefited from Toyota's success in the automotive business, however many customers consider Toyota's forklift as one of the best in the industry. And they have been No1 in Material Handling since 2001...with only a good brand name they would not have been there today.

The size of todays recalls from manufacturer are becoming larger and larger, there are two resons behind this; car industry is becoming more and more consolidated and manufacurer tend to use components, such as the gas pedal, as common component in all models to get the benefit of economy of scale and reduced development cost...everyone is doing it and when the largest, such as Toyota, face problems with a component or design it becomes very big....and draws of course alot of attention in Media..

There is the Official comment from TICO public relations department regarding Toyota car recall issue.

The affected accelerator pedal for Toyota vehicles is different from the accelerator pedal for Toyota materials handling equipments (including Toyota lift truck) in parts and mechanism. Consequently, there is no possibility that any similar problems will occur related to our products. Please use our products at ease.

Toyota Industries are making a concerted group-wide effort for assuring quality of its products thoroughly, including daily quality management and quality inspection by top management as well as built-in quality activities from the development phase. Therefore, Toyota Industries offer products and services that customer can use with safety and ease. Should any quality problems occur related to our products, Toyota Industries Group place the highest priority on customer's safety and address the problems promptly according to laws or regulations of each country in order to fulfil manufacturer's responsibility