Sunday, August 11, 2013

Does the Toyota company still have lots of recalls?

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SCENARIO: Karen hasn't heard any news from Toyota recalls in a while on the evening news. She is wondering if there are still a lot of recalls left to fix. Does the Toyota company still have a lot of recalls?

Note: This ISN'T my problem, it's just a story scenario, a lot of people are mentioning me in the scenario, no, the "person" in the story scenario is having that problem, please do not mention me in the answer, okay, thanks.



Answer
Recalls tend to be an occasional thing, and some vehicles are never recalled. Many others are recalled but that is no shame. Recalls are issued when a problem is severe enough that they either pose a threat to safety or to the company's reputation for caring for their customers. (For example, my 2002 Prius was recalled so the main battery could be sealed to prevent corrosion that can shorten the battery life.) Somehow this has been twisted in the public perception that a high recall rate means poor quality. Cars with the greatest quality problems typically have few recalls because it would be prohibitively expensive for the manufacturer to deal with the problems. At the other end of the spectrum, cars with low innovation rates and conservative designs tend also to have low recall rates. There is no logical conclusion that can be drawn from recall rates.

The news is a terrible way to hear about automotive recalls because there is not nearly enough information to go on. At least with food recalls there is usually enough information to identify production lots affected, but when cars are involved newsies can't seem to deal with it. Rather than say "Belchfire Motors models Fubar and Loser with Crunchwell automatic transmissions made in Slobovia, with VINs in these ranges, need to be evaluated for possible motor mount failures" they say "Belchfire recalls thousands of cars."

Can an electrical engineer work in a car company or dealership?




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I want to major in electrical engineering technology and my friend wants be to work in a car dealership with him,but I'm afraid that car companies or dealerships only need mechanical engineers. Can an electrical engineer work in a car company or dealership? I was planning to get a job in sony while I'm in college, but I love cars.


Answer
Automotive manufacturing companies (eg, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, etc) have all employed electrical engineers. There are opportunities in vehicle design, manufacturing and facilities engineering.

As a practical matter, the number of jobs in facility engineering is declining as automobile companies are trying to focus more on their core interests (cars) and outsourcing non-core work (facilities) to contractors. But the good news is that cars are becoming far more complicated - in the last 20 years, most of the major technological advances have resulted for the application of digital technology to vehicle design. For example, fuel efficiency is tied very closely to the ratio of weight and speed, and the only practical of improving efficiency is enhanced engine control, which really means microprocessor technology, or electrical engineering. Other applications include things like vehicle stability systems, anti-lock braking systems, etc.

And then there is the matter of electric and/or hybrid vehicles. That's heavy-duty electrical engineering.

In the field of manufacturing, the car companies are trying very hard to reduce production costs, which means that they are applying more and more manufacturing automation and robots - all of which means electrical engineering.

Now - that's the manufacturing side. Local dealerships are another matter. Of course, all that electronic technology in vehicles means that dealerships will need people to service that equipment. Unfortunately, having a four-year degree may overqualify you for one of those jobs.




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