Another survey on the current state of the public opinion of Toyota’s reputation for quality in America indicates exactly what you might expect, things aren’t looking so good for Toyota.

Two years ago 80% of Americans saw Toyota as company that built quality cars, now, it’s dropped to 21.8% according to the most recent survey of Britt Beemer.

Not only have things looked bad since the Toyota recalls, denials and general negative media attention, but the public doesn’t seem to think its current opinion is about to change with only 31.8% of Americans stating that Toyota even has a hope of regaining its former respect.

It’s starting to sound like Toyota is getting the same reputation that the Ford Pinto had in the 70s. The question here is, do you think Toyota’s reputation is deserving of this level of distrust?