Toyota's (TM 0.60%) recall last week was the biggest in the automaker's history, but it wasn't the first -- and it wasn't the most serious, either. Although U.S. safety regulators have reported 161 fires and 9 injuries resulting from problems with power-window switches, there have been no crashes or deaths, and this recall won't get nearly the press that Toyota's sticky gas pedal recall got in 2009-2010. Of course, it does further hurt the car company's image, which had long been considered the maker of the most reliable, well-produced vehicles.
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