Thursday, October 11, 2012

Toyota Forced To Recall Millions Of Cars

Toyota Forced To Recall Millions Of Cars

toyotaThe well known carmaker Toyota is currently forced to call back 7.4 million of the models that were sold worldwide. 138,000 of those cars were actually bought by UK residents, so if you own a Toyota you should find out if you are in the category of owners affected by the electric window switches problem that has caused the recall. Fortunately in the UK only four Toyota models are known to be affected. In addition, not all the units of those models are targeted by the recall. If you own a Yaris, an Auris, a RAV4 or a Corolla you will have to make sure you benefit from the recall only if you know that the car was produced sometime between September 2006 and the last month of 2008.

The problem that the recall is said to fix is strictly related to the electric window switches. No accidents or injuries are known to have been caused by this issue but because of it, as the cars mentioned grow older, the mentioned switches are likely to start feeling uneven. Some of the 7.8 million car owners that are affected by this recall will most likely feel the need to solve the problem on their own by using shop-bought lubricants. Toyota advises against this practice because standard lubricants are known to lead to the part’s overheating and even melting.

Toyota managed to discover this issue because they are always preoccupied with the safety of their customers and want to be able to guarantee the quality of their cars. That’s why they use various methods in order to monitor the status of their cars. For some this recently discovered issue might seem unimportant but for Toyota is a major problem because it’s a component that has managed to escape the strict standards of the carmaker.

In order to deal with the situation Toyota will contact the owners of the affected cars in the next weeks and will let them know what they have to do in order to benefit from the recall’s fix. That fix doesn’t involve more than an hour in an authorized shop and is made available free of charge.

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