just like many other global automobile manufacturers: Toy is no different when it comes to sourcing (outsourcing) parts from various different suppliers.
Fact check: with ever-so-aggressive pricing policies (during sourcing contract bidding war), compounded by the complexities of automobiles nowadays, it's not uncommon that certain parts supplier failed in terms of quality issues after the contracts were signed and parts started to arrive into Toy's assembly plants.
Toy has had their fair share of problems with certain suppliers esp. with their mid-sized automobiles (remember: most of these are NA assembled/built with over 80% locally-sourced components), esp. in their intermediate shaft issues (hilander, camry, solara, etc.)
I had our camry intermediate shaft replaced once (a 2nd revision one) after we bought our car used @ 58k, now it has over 220k on it, and the revised intermediate shaft has been holding up surprisingly well.
Honda AT trannie issue is a different subject matter, so don't mix them up.
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