Toyota, Lexus extend airbag recall - Motoring
Toyota has announced an extension in the number of Australian vehicles affected by the Takata airbag debacle, which now includes about 800,000 vehicles here and more than 53 million globally. Yesterday's announcement expands on the 181,000 vehicles recalled by the Japanese giant in Australia in May and now includes Yaris and Avensis Verso models produced until December 2008. However, the world's biggest car-maker has not yet determined... Toyota sold nearly 50,000 Yaris and 2000 Avensis vehicles in the extended recall period, but how many are affected remains unknown. Toyota and Lexus say owners of affected vehicles will be contacted to arrange replacement parts, which may not be available for some time. Owners can contact the Toyota recall campaign helpline on 1800 987 366 or the Lexus Customer Assistance Centre on 1800 023 009. Today's recall extension is in addition to top-selling Toyota models including the Corolla (2003-2007), RAV4 and Echo... Source: www.motoring.com.au
