Japanese company Toyota Motor will recall 570 thousand vehicles from the Chinese market for repairs. In this respect reports carnewschina.com. The reason for the recall campaign was a malfunction in the fuel system.
It is stated that cracks may occur in the fuel pump of Toyota Corolla cars produced between 2019-2023, as well as Toyota Highlander and Lexus RX cars produced between 2018-2022, due to internal malfunction. This may cause fuel leakage. Contact with external fire sources may cause the vehicle to catch fire.
Defective parts will be replaced free of charge. Toyota advised owners of vehicles affected by the recall campaign not to park their vehicles near fire sources and to limit travel.
It happened before that knownTesla was forced to recall 159 vehicles for repairs after service technicians confused airbags designed for steering wheels with traditional round-frame steering wheels. In the event of an accident, the airbag designed for a different type of steering wheel may not deploy correctly.
Previously Rosstandart to start Inspection of Hyundai and Kia in Russia due to fire risk.
Source: Gazeta
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