Japanese manufacturers Toyota have announced another recall of vehicles are it has been revealed that certain models may have issues with steering components.
The latest recall will currently only take place across the US and Japan and will impact on Avalon owners whose vehicles were made between 2000 and 2004.
A total of 428,000 cars are expected to be recalled as the manufacturers believe that an issues with some parts of the steering wheel.
Toyota has been at the heart of recall over the past few months which has seen millions of cars recalled worldwide, the biggest due to an issues with car accelerators which caused a number of fatal crashes
The incident got the Japanese manufacturers a $16 million fine, which they paid but refused to admit any guild or wrongdoing as part of the recall. Managing Director Takahiko Ijichi commented at the end or March that the recall had cost the company almost $2 billion.
With the latest recall this is sure to increase and as a result Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda (Grandson of the companies original founder) was called before the US Congress to explain the firm’s safety and quality checking systems.
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Aug.2,2010