{"id":662208,"date":"2010-02-11T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10001857"},"modified":"2010-02-11T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T20:16:21","slug":"honda-dealer-tricks-toyota-owners-with-fake-recall-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/662208","title":{"rendered":"Honda Dealer Tricks Toyota Owners With Fake Recall Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda%20Recall%20Envelope-thumb-300x88-36929.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda-Recall-Envelope-redacted-thumb-500x249-36924.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda%20Recall%20Letter%20Redacted-thumb-796x1051-36923.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda%20Recall%20Envelope-thumb-300x88-36902.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda-Recall-Envelope-thumb-500x249-36901.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda%20Recall%20Letter-thumb-796x1051-36900.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>Reader TheLoneGoldfish sent us this very sneaky mailing from an area Honda dealer. &#8220;Attention Toyota owners: Important Recall Information Enclosed,&#8221; the envelope declares. That important information: a letter noting that hey, this would be a really great time to trade in their Toyota for a Honda!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda-Recall-Envelope-36901.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda-Recall-Envelope-36901.html','popup','width=500,height=249,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda-Recall-Envelope-thumb-300x149-36901.jpg?resize=300%2C149\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" alt=\"Honda-Recall-Envelope.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda%20Recall%20Letter-36900.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda Recall Letter-36900.html','popup','width=796,height=1051,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Honda%20Recall%20Letter-thumb-300x396-36900.jpg?resize=300%2C396\" width=\"300\" height=\"396\" alt=\"Honda Recall Letter.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Consumerist called the dealership to verify that the letter was real, the sales manager noted that their intent wasn&#8217;t to mislead Toyota customers, but to take the massive recalls as an opportunity to write to them and point out how great Hondas are&#8230;if <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/02\/honda-expands-airbag-recall-with-438000-more-vehicles.html\">not entirely recall-proof.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So put yourself in the shoes of a Toyota owner receiving this letter. What would you think?<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/2686901.js\"><\/script><noscript><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/answers.polldaddy.com\/poll\/2686901\/\">Is this letter clever marketing or just misleading?<\/a><span style=\"font-size:9px;\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\">online surveys<\/a>)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUSLY:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/honda-dealer-mocks-toyota-touts-cars-non-deathtrap-status.html\">Honda Dealer Mocks Toyota, Touts Cars&#8217; Non-Deathtrap Status<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader TheLoneGoldfish sent us this very sneaky mailing from an area Honda dealer. &#8220;Attention Toyota owners: Important Recall Information Enclosed,&#8221; the envelope declares. That important information: a letter noting that hey, this would be a really great time to trade in their Toyota for a Honda! When Consumerist called the dealership to verify that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2758,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2MgM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}