Toyota calls 379,689 cars because of "deadly" airbags

Toyota announces a recall campaign of six cars, calling 379,689 vehicles nationwide to exchange driver and / or pbadenger airbag. The Corolla, Etios hatch and sedan, Fielder, Hilux and SW4 models are still equipped with defective airbags from Takata, which can even ignite metal fragments against the pbadengers when they are triggered.

The defect is caused by the cause of the chemical component used in the airbag It can deteriorate because of temperature variations or even an increase in relative humidity. When this occurs, the substance becomes unstable and may trigger an unintentional activation of the airbag with a force greater than the norm, which would cause the breakage of the igniter housing and the triggering of the metal fragments with the air bag. . produced by the Japanese Takata and equipped in cars of several brands has caused 23 deaths in the United States and Malaysia, in addition to hundreds injured – including Brazil. Manufacturers had to recall more than 3.3 million vehicles worldwide and 34 different brands of cars and trucks: Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Daimler Trucks USA, Daimler Vans USA, Dodge. Ferrari Ferrari Fisker Ford GMC Honda Infiniti Jaguar Jeep Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Mazda McLaren Mercedes Benz Mercury Nissan Mitsubishi Pontiac Saab Tesla, Toyota and Volkswagen.

The new Toyota campaign involves 379,689 units to make a total of 527,595 repairs (depending on the car, both airbags will be replaced). The mark will replace the ignition of the airbag, which takes between 1:30 and 5am to prepare.

Check the models, the date of manufacture and the chbadis code of the models called by Toyota: