Toyota to fix 1.27 million cars in Japan's largest recall

SSbaby · 19-10-2005, 12:57 PM

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By Bret Okeson and Naoko Fujimura / Bloomberg News

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's second-largest carmaker, will fix defects in 1.27 million vehicles in Japan's largest one-time recall.

The recall will cover 16 models including the Corolla, the RAV4 and the Vitz, Toyota said in a filing to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport today. The recall will cost 15.49 billion yen ($134 million), 14.8 billion yen domestically and 690 million yen overseas, said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco.

There have been no reports of injuries from the defects, the Tokyo-based Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on its Web site today. The affected vehicles were built between May 10, 2000, and Aug. 31, 2002. The carmaker is repairing faulty headlamps in all of the vehicles and faulty brakes in 3,722 units, Toyota said.

Automakers fix the vehicles at no cost to customers. They typically pay for recalls out of reserves set aside for that purpose. A defect in headlamps may turn lights off, Toyota said.

To those who believe Toyota vehicles are immune from defects... phooey!

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