The factory had to recall many of its cars because of a defective brake system. Its normal production was dead in the water.

这家工厂不得不回收许多刹车系统有问题的汽车，工厂的正常生产陷于瘫痪。

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They're selling defective and dangerous imitations of critical components, like brake pads, or everyday consumer goods, like toothpaste.

他们销售关键部件的残次和危险的仿制品，如刹车片，或像牙膏这样的日常消费品。

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The class must argue that Toyota vehicles were all defective because they lacked the brake override, and that argument hinges on the idea there is something wrong with the throttle mechanism that the cutoff would cure.

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