Toyota to recall 1.67m vehicles worldwide over fire risk problems
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TOYOTA said yesterday that it would recall 1.67 million vehicles globally over brake problems and other glitches that pose a fire risk, the latest in a string of problems for the world’s biggest automaker.
The Japanese giant pointed to three problems in several models including its luxury Lexus brand and upmarket Crown Majesta.
Among the issues was an improperly shaped part that could lead to a change in the “feel” of the brake pedal over time — a problem that affected 802,000 vehicles, mostly in Japan and China, produced between June 2007 and June 2012.
“The brake does not become ineffective, but brake performance could begin to gradually degrade,” Toyota said in an e-mail.
A separate issue involving the fuel delivery pipe on 759,000 vehicles, including Lexus models and Crown Majestas made between January 2005 and September 2010, could increase the risk of a fire “in the presence of an ignition source.”
Over half of the affected cars were sold in the United States.
A problem with 190,000 cars in Japan linked to the fuel-suction plate also posed a fire risk, the firm said. The affected cars were made between October 2006 and October 2014.
In total, there were 1.75 million faults but some vehicles were affected by more than one problem.
“Toyota is not aware of any fires, crashes, injuries, or fatalities” linked to the problems, it added.
The announcement comes about four months after Toyota recalled 2.27 million vehicles globally over a defect that could see airbags fail to deploy in a crash and that also posed a fire risk.
The automaker has recalled almost 11 million vehicles since the start of this year, dealing another blow to its once-stellar reputation for quality and safety.
Among the announcements was the February recall of 1.9 million units of Toyota’s signature Prius hybrid cars.
Despite logging record sales and bumper profits, Toyota has been fighting to protect its reputation as General Motors scrambles to contain a deadly ignition-linked scandal.
In March, Toyota agreed to pay US$1.2 billion to settle US criminal charges that it lied to regulators and the public as it tried to cover up deadly accelerator defects.
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