Toyota recall spreads to cars in ME
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
TOKYO, Feb 1 (Economic Times): Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling 2005-2010 model year Avalons and 2009-2010 Sequoia cars in the Middle East to fix faulty accelerator pedals that have led to the recall of a combined 4.4 million cars in North America, Europe and China so far.
A spokeswoman said the company was still tallying the numbers of the cars subject to the recall. It remains to be seen whether any cars are affected in South America and Africa, she said. The pedals are not used in Japan, Oceania and Asia, excluding China.
Toyota said it will give details early Monday in the US on how it plans to fix gas pedals in more than two million vehicles.
The automaker told the dealers about the plan Saturday after hearing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it did not object to the fix, the dealers said.
Toyota took out full-page ads Sunday in 20 major newspapers in the US, saying production was being put on ``pause,'' to put customers first. It does not give details of the planned fix.
Toyota said last week it will halt production of the eight models covered by the recall, starting Monday, until they can be repaired, and has suspended their sales.
Toyota has not said exactly when production will resume. It has said that so far the suspension was planned for a week.
Toyota, the world's biggest automaker, says the problem in the gas pedals is rare and is caused by condensation that builds up in the gas pedal assembly.
A spokeswoman said the company was still tallying the numbers of the cars subject to the recall. It remains to be seen whether any cars are affected in South America and Africa, she said. The pedals are not used in Japan, Oceania and Asia, excluding China.
Toyota said it will give details early Monday in the US on how it plans to fix gas pedals in more than two million vehicles.
The automaker told the dealers about the plan Saturday after hearing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it did not object to the fix, the dealers said.
Toyota took out full-page ads Sunday in 20 major newspapers in the US, saying production was being put on ``pause,'' to put customers first. It does not give details of the planned fix.
Toyota said last week it will halt production of the eight models covered by the recall, starting Monday, until they can be repaired, and has suspended their sales.
Toyota has not said exactly when production will resume. It has said that so far the suspension was planned for a week.
Toyota, the world's biggest automaker, says the problem in the gas pedals is rare and is caused by condensation that builds up in the gas pedal assembly.