Toyota Australia expands Takata airbag recall

Toyota Australia has recalled an additional 179,710 vehicles as part of its Takata airbag safety campaign. The company said that three vehicle models are involved — Avensis Verso, Corolla and Yaris. The affected vehicles have build dates ranging between March 2007 and December 2011.

Toyota said that there is a possibility that front passenger airbag inflators may be susceptible to moisture intrusion and stresses that no vehicle models with affected driver airbags are involved.

The company will notify vehicle owners by mail and anticipates replacement part availability will commence sometime after March next year. Again, affected customers will be advised by mail at that time in order to make an appointment for rectification.

The works are expected to take between one and three hours to carry out and will be free of charge.

A full list of impacted vehicles and additional information can be found on the Toyota Australia website here.