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<\/a><\/div>\n\n2009 has seen a bumper crop of automobile recalls. The Detroit<\/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 Toyota<\/a>, with a knee-wobbling 4.87 million cars and trucks recalled due mostly to the Japanese automaker’s unintended acceleration issue<\/a>. Toyota had nine major recalls in all in 2009, with the other big issue coming courtesy of 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.<\/p>\n This year’s second biggest offender? 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. 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. 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 Detroit Free Press<\/em> for the complete ranking of 2009 recalls by automaker. <\/p>\n [Source: Detroit Free Press<\/a>]<\/p>\n Detroit Free Press<\/i>: Toyota lead all automakers with most recalled vehicles in 2009<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h6>\n