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- BUSINESS, Page 58Business NotesAUTOSO.K., So We're Human
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- When Toyota introduced its Lexus LS 400 luxury automobile
- in September, it ran ads touting the $35,000 sedan as the
- ingenious brainchild of "1,400 perfectionists" and "close to
- faultless." Toyota was wise to hedge that claim. Because of
- safety defects, the company last week recalled all 8,000 of the
- Lexus LS 400s it has sold in the U.S. The Japanese carmaker made
- the decision after it received some customer complaints about
- loose wiring, a faulty cruise control and a malfunctioning brake
- light. The defects have caused no accidents or injuries, but the
- episode is an embarrassment for Toyota because of the high
- expectations surrounding the top-of-the-line model.
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