Toyota to recall 45000 units of Innova

Toyota Kirloskar Motor ( TKM) on Wednesday announced recall of 44,989 units of multi- purpose vehicle Innova manufactured between February 2005 and December 2008 in the country to rectify a faulty cable on the steering wheel.

The move is part of a global recall of 6.39 million vehicles announced by Japanese parent Toyota Motor Corp, the world's biggest car manufacturer.

The recall has been announced due to an error in the spiral cable mounted on the steering wheel, Toyota Kirloskar Motor ( TKM), a joint venture between Toyota and India's Kirloskar Group, said in a statement.

" The fault leads to continuous illumination of the airbag warning lamp on the instrument cluster. The fault may also deactivate the driver's airbag," the statement added.

Toyota is currently working on obtaining the necessary replacement parts.

Once the replacement parts are available, customers will be contacted via authorised Toyota dealers, the statement added.

The repair will be free of cost and is likely to take one hour for every vehicle, the company further added.

TKM expressed regret for the inconvenience and said that it is conducting the special service campaign keeping in mind the ' Customer First' philosophy.

In its second- biggest recall, Toyota said that it is recalling 6.39 million cars across 27 models for various defects, including faulty cable on the steering wheel, seat rails, engine starters and windshield wiper motors.

The world's biggest automaker said that it is not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by the glitches in the models, including the RAV4 and Yaris subcompact.

Toyota said that faults were also found in the Pontiac Vibe and the Subaru Trezia, two models the automaker built for General Motors and Fuji Heavy Industries.

However, the company did not say how much the recalls would cost, and it is not clear if the faults stemmed from Toyota's suppliers or its manufacturing process.

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