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Toyota Recalls 134,900 Yaris in the States
Approximately 134,900 Yaris vehicles are being recalled in the U.S. over a seat belt pretensioner issue. On 2006 through 2007 model year Yaris, the Japanese automaker determined that the driver's and front passenger's seat belt pretensioner deployment could affect the sound insulating foam in the center pillar, after a collision. Toyota said that it will begin informing owners of the affected models from early February. According to Toyota, the repair will take approximately one hour, depending on the dealer's workload.
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Feds Expand Investigation Of Toyota Models Over Fire Risk To 1.4 Million Vehicles
The U.S. government has added approximately 570,000 vehicles to an ongoing probe of a power window master switch located on the driver's door on certain Toyota models that could pose a fire risk, increasing the total number of vehicles investigated...
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Gm Debuts Automotive Industry's First Front Center Air Bag
Someone once said that in the future, the inner works of our vehicles after a crash will look like a balloon party – sans the bright colors. And true enough, after the front, side, roof, knee, rear curtain and seat-belt airbags, automakers have...
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New Toyota Recall, This Time For Toyota Avalon And Highlander, And Lexus Gs300, Is250, And Is350
Toyota has announced a voluntary recall of some 740,000 vehicles in the United States to address a potential leak problem with a seal in the brake master cylinder. The models that are being recalled in the U.S. are the 2005-2006MY Toyota Avalon, 2004-2006MY...
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Toyota Pinpoints Exact Uk Vehicles Involved In Sticky Accelerator Pedal Recall, Repairs To Start On February 10
Toyota's British arm today announced details on the exact models and the total number of vehicles that are the subject to its sticky accelerator pedal safety recall in the UK. Overall, 180,865 Toyota brand vehicles are affected in the UK with the...
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Toyota Iq Plays Spoiler To Vw's Up!
In Volkswagen's homeland of Germany, Toyota crashed the launch of the up! with the iQ. Two oddly named vehicles; two vehicles destined for success - if produced. Toyota says the iQ will seat four in a 3+1 shape, but the fourth seat can be switched...
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