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Toyota recalling more than 400,000 vehicles in Saudi Arabia
[December 27, 2013]
(Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> is recalling more
than 400,000 vehicles in Saudi Arabia that were produced
from 2006 to 2010 due to concerns about unintended
acceleration, the company and Saudi Arabia's trade
ministry said. This is the same issue that led to the recall of nearly 19 million Toyota vehicles worldwide from late 2009 to early 2011. |
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Toyota and its agent in Saudi Arabia, Abdul
Latif Jameel Co, will install brake override systems in the
affected vehicles, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and
Industry said in a statement this week. This is the second country, after the United States, where
installation of the brake override system to prevent runaway
Toyota vehicles has been required, the statement said. Toyota in an emailed statement said that its main Toyota brand
and luxury Lexus brand vehicles "are safe even without" a brake
override system. Regulators in the United States in 2011 found that there was no
electronic-based cause of unintended high-speed acceleration in
Toyota vehicles. But, Toyota said it recalled the vehicles in Saudi Arabia to
"ensure customers' peace of mind" and after the trade ministry's
"strong request" that software for a brake override system be
installed, Toyota said in its emailed statement. The Toyota brake override system automatically counteracts any
instances of unintended acceleration, including cutting power to
the engine. The recall in Saudi Arabia affects seven Toyota brand and three
Lexus brand vehicles from model years 2005 to 2011. (Reporting by Bernie Woodall; editing by Bob Burgdorfer) [© 2013 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.] Copyright 2013 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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