Toyota recalls more than one million vehicles worldwide
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Toyota has decided to recall 1.12 million vehicles due to potential airbag problems. The company said in a statement on 20 December that a short circuit in the sensor could cause the airbags to fail to deploy properly. This was reported by Reuters.
The recall covers 2020-2022 model year vehicles including the Avalon, Camry, Corolla, RAV4, Lexus ES250, ES300H, ES350, RX350 Highlander and Sienna Hybrid. Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensors may fail. The process covers 1 million vehicles in the US.
The automaker plans to notify car owners of the recall starting in February.
Frontal airbags have reportedly saved more than 50,000 lives in the U.S. in 30 years.
"The new sensors were prompted because older air bags deployed the same way for all driver and passengers, causing some injuries and in rare cases even death to children, small adults, and unbelted passengers who were too close to the air bag as it deployed,” the agency says.
The automaker plans to notify car owners of the recall starting in February.
Frontal airbags have reportedly saved more than 50,000 lives in the U.S. in 30 years.
"The new sensors were prompted because older air bags deployed the same way for all driver and passengers, causing some injuries and in rare cases even death to children, small adults, and unbelted passengers who were too close to the air bag as it deployed,” the agency says.
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