Airbag recall for millions of Japanese cars....

[chadr]

....ok not Landcruisers but will impact many on here; Toyota are the worst affected and I'm waiting to find out whether our Yaris (2001) is on the list.....


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22104702

Japan's top four carmakers are recalling a total of 3.4 million cars over a defect in passenger airbags.Toyota, which is recalling 1.73 million cars, said the vehicles had a defective part which "could cause the airbag inflator to rupture and deploy the airbag abnormally in a crash".
Honda Motors is recalling 1.13 million cars, while 480,000 of Nissan's and 45,000 Mazda cars are affected.
Tens of thousands of vehicles are being recalled in the UK.
Toyota is recalling 76,000 UK-bought vehicles, Honda is calling back 15,400 and Nissan said almost 60,000 UK-sold models were involved.
UK models affected include Toyota's Corolla and Yaris, Honda's Civic, CRV and FRV models, and Nissan's X-Trail, Patrol, Almera, and Navara.
The cars were sold in the years 2000-04, and the firms said the defective part was supplied by parts maker Takata Corp.

 

[Chris]

I have two Corollas and a Verso on the drive. Bound to affect one of those.

Stuff happens. But doubtless the news people will drag this out into some sort of story. "Found a fault, we'll fix" it just doesn't sell papers.

 

[Chas]

I have two Corollas and a Verso on the drive. Bound to affect one of those.

Stuff happens. But doubtless the news people will drag this out into some sort of story. "Found a fault, we'll fix" it just doesn't sell papers.

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[Gary Stockton]

Toyota UK has a checker under the 'Owner' tab - only cars up to 2004 affected. So I'm ok!

 

[chadr]

Thanks Gary, yes only "x" to "54" reg affected - though I don't think Mr Toyota (UK) has loaded the current recall vehicles data into the checker.....

Customer safety is of paramount importance to Toyota. Consequently, Toyota has decided to conduct a recall campaign to check the air bag inflator on affected cars.
To check whether your car is affected by this recall, you will shortly be able to check using the recall look up function below.
If you require additional information, or are concerned about whether your UK-registered Toyota is affected, contact Toyota GB Customer Relations on 0800 1388744, or here.

The models that are affected;

The issue potentially affects the following models: Toyota Corolla, Yaris, Avensis, Avensis Verso, Picnic and Camry. These vehicles will have ‘X’ to ‘54’ registration plate identifiers.