The official arm of Toyota here in Malaysia has issue a Special Service Campaign (SSC), or service recall, for certain Toyota models which were previously affected by the previous free airbag inflator service fixes. This is because some of the replacement airbag inflator are still faulty. This Takata airbag debacle is still ongoing. I have to say that Takata has made life difficult for everyone in recent times. Anyway, the affected models are about 41,000 Toyota Vios, Corolla Altis, Camry made between 2001 to 2013.
That is a lot of models. Of course, do note that if you had done the airbag inflator once before, you still need to come in for a new airbag inflator as the previous service fix basically involved a part which did not fix the issue in the first place. It isn't Toyota's fault but this supplier, in this case, Takata.
So if your Toyota is in the press release stated below, do get your car sent in for the fix. It comes at no cost to you and you only require to bring your Toyota in. Get it done folks. There have been many cases where in some cases the airbag deploys too drastically and lives were lost. So get it done.
SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN ON CERTAIN TOYOTA MODELS
Lexus vehicles in Malaysia, today announced a Special Service Campaign (SSC) that involved replacement of the airbag inflator of certain Toyota models sold by the company. UMWT assures that the safety of its customers is always a top priority.
The vehicles involved in this campaign were subjected to a previous Takata airbag inflator
recall and repaired between 2014 and 2019, where certain number of vehicles were replaced with a non-desiccated airbag inflators produced by Takata. In this current campaign, those airbag inflators will be replaced with a further improved airbag inflator components.
There are approximately 41,000 Toyota vehicles manufactured from 2001 to 2013 involved.
The models are
Toyota Vios that were produced from May 2003 to Aug 2007, and Sept 2007 –July 2013,
Toyota Corolla Altis, produced from July 2001 to July 2007,
Toyota Camry produced from June 2002 to Dec 2005; and
Toyota Yaris produced from Jan 2006 to Aug 2007.
The company will notify all affected vehicle owners officially and perform the special service at no charge to the owners.
For further information, owners of affected cars can contact any authorised Toyota service
centre or call the Toyota Freephone at 1800-8-TOYOTA (869682).
Toyota owners can also visit Toyota’s Special Service Campaign webpage through this link:
toyota.com.my to check whether their vehicle is involved, through Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Checker. To those who have uploaded the Toyota Drive Apps, there is also a link to
Toyota’s SSC page and the VIN Checker. Information on other vital SSCs is also available on the webpage.
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