In the wake of Toyota's recall debacle, US President Barack Obama said that all carmakers in future must come forward immediately with safety concerns and work quickly to repair

problems. Obama was talking to Bloomberg and Business Week magazine that was on news stands on Friday. He said that it was not yet clear whether Japan's Toyota Motor Corp had acted

with enough force to allay the public's fears.

Obama told the magazine," Every automaker has an obligation when public safety is a concern, to come forward quickly and decisively when problems are identified. We don't yet know

whether that happened with Toyota."

Toyota has been forced to recall more than 8 million vehicles worldwide since last month due to sticking accelerator pedals in a series of models and faulty brakes in its best-selling Prius hybrid.

The recalls have been a public relations nightmare for Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, which has long had a strong reputation for quality and reliability.

 Some US state officials are worried about the impact that a sales decline could have on US jobs. Toyota builds many of its models for the US market in North America and has manufacturing

plants in seven US states. (With Input from Agencies)