Toyota Corolla recalled over faulty air bag issue in India

Toyota has announced that it would recall about 7,100 units of its Toyota Corolla sedan fix the faulty airbag issue. This nationwide exercise which is part of a global recall will cover the models, manufactured between April 2007 and June 2008, that use safety airbags made by its supplier Takata.

The company has also stated that the recall is carried out as a part of Toyota’s global exercise and there has been no report of untoward incidents so far. The replacement of the affected parts will be done by the dealers of Toyota.

Over eight lakh vehicles have been recalled by a number of automakers since auto industry body SIAM started a voluntary vehicle recall for safety related issues in India in July 2012. These automakers include bigwigs such as Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Toyota, Ford, Honda and General Motors.

Earlier last month, Nissan India had recalled over 12,000 vehicles over engine switch and airbag issues. In May Honda Cars India had recalled 575 units of CR-V, which were manufactured in 2004, and 10,805 units of Accord that were made between 2003 and 2007 to fix a problem with airbags. Mahindra & Mahindra, on the other hand, recalled its XUV500 in India in April after users complained of alloy wheel breaks. 

In March, Maruti Suzuki recalled 19,780 units of Alto 800 and 13,318 units of Alto K10 which were manufactured between December 8 and February 18, 2014, over faulty hand-door latch.