Toyota announces another recall due to faulty recalls

Toyota has announced specific UK and European models will be recalled due to Takata’s faulty airbag inflations. Toyota has announced specific recall figures to replace faulty airbag parts that cause accidental inflations.

Nissan also confirmed its UK cars will be affected as well and Honda is also preparing for an announcement. Takata’s airbag issue came to light in 2008 and since then Japan’s three biggest automaker have recalled a colossal 25 million vehicles around the world.

The latest recall adds 6.5 million vehicles to that global figure. Toyota also announced that around 1.2 million of these will be European models and from them 160,000 will be in the UK. This latest recall will effect Corolla, Yaris, Avensis Verso, Avensis, RAV4, Picnic and Hilux models manufactured between 2003 and 2007.

According to a Toyota official, the Japanese parts supplier has “now got a clearer understanding of the issue” and identified the specific cause that saw moisture enter theairbags’s deployment system. He also claims that “there are no reports of injury or deaths in Toyota cars” as a result of the issue.

Customers affected by Toyota’s recall will be contacted by dealerships by phone or post in the next six weeks to resolve the issue free of charge. The recall is being treated as purely precautionary and for investigative purposes.

Nissan has released a statement saying it will “expand its ongoing Takata Passenger Air Bag Inflator Recall Campaign to include additional  model year 2004 to 2007 vehicles equipped with “SPI” inflators”.

The new recall means a further 100,000 cars will be affected: Navara pickup, Almera and Almera Tino, Terrano II and X-Trail. Customers will be contacted in June to replace faulty parts.

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