Toyota Nigeria Recalls Some Models of Yaris, Hilux over Faulty Airbag - THISDAY Live
A Toyota Yaris car. Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has said the inflator modules of the airbags of two of the Toyota models - Yaris and Hilux - it sold could be faulty and has requested owners of these vehicles to prepare to turn them in for repairs. Specifically, the vehicles are the Toyota Yaris manufactured between 2003 and 2005 and the Toyota Hilux manufactured between 2003 and 2007. According to the Managing Director of Toyota Nigeria Limited, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo, they had to embark on this... The airbag issue is a global problem because it affects all vehicles/makes that use the airbag inflator device manufactured by Takata, a Japanese company. According to him, a list of the vehicles involved was being compiled to enable them know the number to be attended to. He, however, noted that not all the units were affected, explaining that for the Hilux vehicles under consideration, the airbags... The Hilux and Yaris vehicles purchased from TNL’s dealers, he said would be attended to but that other vehicles brought in through the grey market (not through TNL, an authorised representative of Toyota) would have limited support. Source: www.thisdaylive.com
