50 000 Toyota vehicles have been recalled in the US by Toyota on worries of airbag “injury or death.”
Toyota has recommended owners of 50,000 older cars in the US to have repairs done immediately because Taketa airbag inflators have the potential to detonate and kill drivers.
The models from 2003 to 2005 from some of the largest automakers in the world are covered by the “Do Not Drive” recommendation.
Taketa air bag inflators have been connected to over 30 deaths since 2009.
Toyota states that “if the airbag deploys, a part inside is more likely to explode and shoot sharp metal fragments
oyotaIt further stated that those pieces “may cause serious injury or death to the driver or passengers.”The Corolla 2003–2004 model, Corolla Matrix 2003–2004 model, and RAV4 2004–2005 model are the cars that are part of the recall.
With over 100 million products and 20 automakers involved, the largest motor industry safety recall in history is the result of serious problems with Takata airbag inflators.
In 2017, Taketa filed for bankruptcy following almost fifteen years of recalls, legal actions, and a criminal probe in the United States. For roughly $1.6 billion (£1.3 billion), its assets were sold to Chinese-owned Key Safety Systems.
It’s not just this problem that Toyota has been facing lately.
Following a search on Daihatsu’s headquarters by the Japanese Transport Ministry in late 2017, worldwide exports of the automobiles were halted.
This week, anomalies in the certification tests for diesel engines—which were created by Toyota Industries—led the Japanese automaker to halt the shipment of certain cars.
Employees of Toyota Industries were revealed to have falsified horsepower output testing after an inquiry.
Ten cars that are sold globally, the Land Cruiser sport and utility vehicle or the HiAce van, have affected engines, according to Toyota.
Additionally, since it was found that Daihatsu, a specialist car maker, had faked safety tests dating back more than thirty years, Toyota is trying to resolve a misbehavior issue within the company.
He stated, “We admitted that not only mostly people at the checked site but also all management did not have understanding of certification,”
The regulators have since revoked the certification for three Daihatsu models.
In response to inquiries this week regarding the problems at Toyota’s affiliates, President Koji Sato said that employees had experienced pressure to take short cuts in a fiercely competitive sector.
Toyota made a related announcement on Tuesday, stating that it sold a record 11.2 million vehicles in 2023, maintaining its position as the world’s best-selling automaker for a record-breaking four years.
Volkswagen of Germany, its closest rival, sold 9.2 million automobiles in the previous year.