UMW Toyota has implemented a special page on its website for owners to check if their cars are affected by the company’s various recalls, using their vehicle identification number (VIN). The page includes links to those recalls, as well as to a guide on how to locate the VIN or chassis number of each vehicle.
The largest and most urgent of these recalls concern the now-infamous Takata airbag inflators. Three recalls have been announced so far, with the first one in April 2013 involving 18,700 units of the Corolla Altis and Camry made between July 2001 and November 2003, fitted with defective front passenger airbag inflators.
Two years later, in May 2015, UMW Toyota issued an extension of the recall to include 97,000 units of the Vios, Yaris, Corolla Altis, Camry and RAV4 – the latter for the front driver airbag inflator – made between November 2003 and March 2007. In July that year, the recall was expanded again to include 29,985 units of the Vios, Corolla Altis and Yaris made between April 2007 and December 2008.
As you have likely read before, the defective components could cause the airbag to inflate with excessive force and cause the assembly to rupture, spewing sharp metal shards at the occupants. This can cause death or serious injury – the inflators have already been implicated in the deaths of three people in Malaysia, so it is imperative that affected owners get their airbags replaced immediately.
Other recalls include one for power window master switches, announced in October last year. Affecting 66,830 units of the Vios, Corolla Altis, Camry, Yaris and RAV4 produced from September 2005 to December 2010, the issue concerns an uneven application of grease during production, which over time causes a notchy or sticky feel during operation.
If commercially-available grease was used to fix the problem, it could cause friction in the switch, possibly leading to smoke or a fire. Rectification involves the application of special fluorine heat-resistant lubricant, or a complete switch board replacement if the component shows signs of malfunction.
Next, a recall announced in February this year involving the RAV4, manufactured between October 2005 and September 2008. This one centres around the seat belts of the outer rear seats, which could come in contact with the metal seat cushion frames in a very severe frontal collision, causing the lap belt webbing to be cut and separated.
In the event that this happens, the seat belt may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury. UMW Toyota says that 5% of the 500 RAV4s sold in Malaysia are affected.
Last but not least are two recalls for the Toyota Prius announced last week, the first involving the curtain airbags of more than 3,500 units of the hybrid vehicle, made between April 2009 and April 2012. On these cars, the curtain airbag inflators, which consist of a compressed gas chamber and a propellant chamber welded together, may have a crack in the welded area that could spread over time.
As such, the inflator could separate, causing the airbag to partially deploy and the inflator to be ejected into the passenger compartment – this can cause injuries if an occupant is present inside the vehicle. Recalled cars will be fitted with retention brackets to prevent the inflators from entering the interior.
The second Prius recall involves around 6,000 units of the car, built from April 2009 to November 2013. The issue concerns an evaporative fuel emissions control canister in the fuel tank, in which the coating of the emissions channel could develop cracks due to the improper shaping of portions of the channel. The cracks could expand over time and eventually cause fuel to leak out when the tank is full. The fuel suction plate sub-assembly will be replaced during the recall.
Aside from using the VIN checker, customers can also check if their car is affected through the UMW Toyota hotline, 1800-8-869682, or visit their nearest authorised Toyota service centre to seek assistance.
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Look bashers, jepunis can’t even make airbags right, want to get dun persoal title!
So now toyota where’s your worshiped jepunis quality? Has go down the drain? So long p1 being bashed here and there, and now jepunis cars are even worst!
Malu betul.
I’m so proud of P1. Our Proton’s quality is better than jepunis and foreign overlords. Even our minister said that we are on par with BMW and Volvo, so cukurlah and let’s bash the jepunis
Then why P1 always copy Jepunis design and always take their engine? How come? Why don’t P1 design themselves and make their own engine to power the Accordana.
You tarak baca ka? It is in the pipeline. And excuse me, campro is not jepunis copy, and now more frugal and powerful than your worshipped 1nzfe
The airbags not made by Toyota, but Takata as the main supplier.
Eh, so where’s their QC? They just accept airbags without testing ar?
Their workers makan sushi 8 times a day and just talk about awek ar?
And how about NCAP star rating? Should be ZERO star!
Does p1 test their airbags? Now take a seat.
Only P1 got QC, the rest of the world got no QC
When Jepunis got defect, cannot persoal, when P1 got no defect, persoal pulak
Topkek
We are always read here about bashers badmouth p1 with kuih lapis, tea and aweks.
Now somebody just asked about jepunis quality, bashers have gone all the way to nasi lemak la, UiTM la, Proton la. Why ar? Why baru tanya pun dah melompat?
Ask? You are not asking only, you are accusing something which is not the fault of the carmaker. This article is only about recall exercise yet Proton supporters come here to bash Toyota for offering a fix. So who is wrong here?
@cprompt. Why they melompat?
Cuz they need to plotek plotek plotek their overlords.
They couldn’t answer the simple question of does P1 test their airbags and want to say protect pulak. Topkek
Yeah nasi lemak has no relation with this, why dun they just use bak kut teh, pork, or wantan in the first place?
Are you sure? P1 has no relation with Nasi Lemak management? Then who runs the company?
Yeah, how on earth do you test airbags?
Let it explode on your face?
The issue was with the degradation of the inflators overtime.
So you’re saying Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Tesla, Land Rover and Ferrari all no QC, all just accept airbags without testing? Stupid punya basher. It goes to show that Nasi Lemak just like to bash without thinking
Tot that Bahkuteh is the one who like bashing P1 without thinking. Butt hurt salesman maybe. Even jepunis also got defect.
Jepunis cars have defects among millions and millions of production runs and numerous models and configurations. Proton baru buat bengkel sized production already cannot keep up quality bro.
Ali is definitely a P1 macai, i was not wrong. What is ‘Bahkuteh’? Thing that they served in Raya?
How you test airbags?
Ask jepunis bcoz it got defects, why ask p1 pulak. Stupid.
Inflators also part of the safety system, so should be tested too, no?
Nasi lemak? What the hell? Don’t have relation lor
Read back, that is a question, not bashing. Can’t you see question marks at the end of the sentences?
Sushi also has no relation lol… Or are you asking they are eating sushi instead of nasi lemak, that’s why QC gone down?
Opsss..someone got snap when I mention Bahkuteh. But it is ok to condemn Nasi Lemak right? Anyway, I’m just saying that even a well known company did have fault. So why so angry?
P1 doesn’t even test their power windows
Well P1 / Malasia doesn’t even make airbags. So you can shut up.
Learn how to spell Malaysia before you tell others to shut up
sir,
you can interpret it this way Malas + ia… hope you got it by now.
Jepunis Toyota and takata are not quality brands, killed pipu summore!
Proton also killed people, especially Malaysians. You want to say got quality?
Proton also killed pipu? Obviously bashers have no argument left
If this is not Proton killing people, then i don’t know what it is:
http://www.bhplus.com.my/node/77021
It was not got fired by itself but after a collision. You can always go for such news.
Backup la your jepunis kaw2. Even their car have proven kills owner.
LOL!, if P1 is able to participate in Le Mans 24hours race and can survive the whole race then I change side and support you.
Bro every carmaker has it’s own problems, not everybody is perfect. Shit happens. This time it is the airbag shit, but no offence shit can happen to one P1 car compared to 10 jepunis car combined, most of the time.
If this statement is not solid enough, then ask yourself why your precious p1 have to borrow 1.5billion from gomen.
When jepunis got problem bashers said every car maker got problem. If p1 got problem bashers persoal loan pulak.
Topkek
I cancelled my booking on Honda and after that Toyota car, will go for Perdana instead.
U made the right choice.
100% loan already approved for your perdana?
60% loan, let go my old Estima
U made the right choice
Probably with a F1 plate
Dupe is always a dupe. Nope, not with expensive plate, just normal one. No need space anymore so just go for comfort car.
how about those recon import cars such as estima, wish, vellfire?
P1 is the best, no need to recall. We are not malu like the jepunis and are proud to take money from the rakyat for R&D. Jangan persoal our RM1.5B loan!
Huh? P1 did recalls but airbags not a problem like jepunis
Siapa berani persoal jepunis overlord, Albert akan datang potong kepla tu orang. Nak kasi up tali barutness dia.
Toyota very reliable. Really concern for their customer. No wonder lots of recall. Surely less than proton….
VIN checker, so what. It means nothing if the replacement parts are out of stock and car owners have to wait for weeks or months or years while driving their cars in fear. Typical don’t care attitude of car companies here.
Where are the bashers that constantly talk about Proton’s power windows problem? Why so quiet now when it involves the ‘invincible’ Toyota? Since most of you probably are driving Toyotas anyway, better get the power windows fixed fast before anything bad like a fire happens.
Proton problem – diam diam/blame bashers/blame unpatriotic behavior. Toyota problem – recall.
P1 recall, bashers says that is proof P1 no gud.
Toyota recall, bashers says that is proof toyota takes care of their customer.
Topkek logic.
Except no one said that besides you.
So should be topkek john’s logic
Really? U were the 1st to bash P1 when the news for Exora and Inspira recall came out.
Dah nyanyuk ke?
@john
Really? Show me… Else, you are the one who are bangang
OMG… john was the first to comment on it, looks like john is the one who is nyanyuk lol
http://paultan.org/2016/05/23/two-proton-recalls-announced-inspira-for-indicator-switch-exora-cps-for-fuel-line-inspection/
Toyota only takes action after being sued
You tarak baca ka?
P1 did recalls before.
Recalls that were basically warranty fixes. So funny you little man.
At least it show that P1 detect the problem soon enough before the warranty expired.
They can’t differentiate between warranty fixes and recalls. Don’t blame them, probably from UiTM/Mara
It did recalls, you want it over warranty like power window also got, with conditions of course
Apa lagi lu mau?
Dude, we are buying the car by referring to the worthiness of the car, bt not its manufacturer’s origin. There are some reasons that always reflect in the sales performance of the specific car.
These are just minor problem
All bashers worshipping jepunis overlord hide inside cave. Very malu with the so called quality brand toyota.
Now it is not even a brand.
From above:
“Now it is not even a brand.”
Your stupidity goes beyond your local thinking brain. Now that says alot
Why not, bashers also say it
Oh forgot, jepunis overlord car cannot persoal!
Recall is the way to go! at least Honda & Toyota faced with reality and start recalling…
Bolehland still need proper guidelines, regulation & law in this recall practise… and not forgetting “lemon law” to protect consumer rights!
Everything recall now :( Go ride horse better…no one recall horse :)
P2 is moving into that direction. After wrenching out DVVT from their engine, now they have bright idea to replace it entirely with a live horse. Very saving FC cuz horse dun drink petrol
Typical john, only nonsense coming out of your mouth
Paultan, can you help me with recond japanese car… how to check?
Thank you PT for the update. Keep the useful info, alerts and videos coming. Actively assisting us motorists in this way will see you grow even more. Congrats.
So many people praised drive Toyota and Honda. So quality so reliable so and so.. What u drive? Kiah? Potong? Aiyoo… Imagine next gen model what will happen for the next 5 to 10 year’s? Turbo letup kah? Kah kah kah..
All car kills. Every car-maker should align to the international standard of safety. Even though, there are many “Standards” (EuroNCAP, AseanNCAP, ANCAP, IIHS).
Action is always better than just do the talking. If airbag shortage, yet to see other automaker can give a help to Toyota and Honda by supplying airbag to them. Anyone?
Yoooooo Sushi bashers!!!! If your P1 is that good, try taking away NAP (National Automotive Policy) and excise duty from imported cars. Let’s see who will cry to their gomen mama and close shop.
Without Sushis where your Saga, Wira, Perdana would have come from? Adding on your Myvi, Kancil, kelisa, kembara etc etc ALL FROM SUSHILAND.
Hence please respect your creator.
Hehe. Bashers dah hilang otak bila tak tau macam mana nak plotek jepunis overlord dia.
Sushi wants to be overlord kah?
Kah kah kah
Oh before forget , china USA korea jepunis also have sort of protektion. And here if jepunis cars are so good why bashers plotek plotek plotek? Even after killed pilu also still bashers plotek plotek plotek?
Answer me.
Just because some of P1 n all P2 car are form Japunis, did’t mean you have to plotek n respect those Japunis like god. Where your pride dude?