Toyota Caetano Portugal today announced the call for review of 950 vehicles in Portugal, Prius models, Prius Plug-in third generation and Lexus, due to a problem detected in ‘airbags’ curtain.
According to the car manufacturer Japanese Toyota Motor, will be called to review 1.43 million vehicles worldwide due to problems detected in the new ‘airbags’ produced by the company Japanese Takata.
in the Lusa agency, public relations brand in Portugal, Victor Marques, said that the country will be called to review 950 vehicles (713 Toyota Prius five Toyota Prius Plug-in, and 232 Lexus CT200h.
According to the same official, the models involved are the Toyota Prius and Prius Plug-in (3rd generation) produced between October 2008 and April 2012 and the Lexus CT200h produced between August 2010 and April 2012.
Victor Marques explained that the potential problem is that the car in question “are equipped with ‘airbag’ curtain located on the left side and right roof. Each ‘airbag’ curtain contains two chambers with a welded component. Some may have a small crack in this component in the welded area which may affect the correct functioning of the ‘airbag’ curtain ‘.
According to the same official, the problem is estimated that the repair lasts between two to four hours per vehicle.
most of the affected cars were sold in Japan (743,000), North America (495,000) and Europe (141,000), confirmed a company spokesman told Efe.
the global automotive leader found small cracks in the inflator of the welds of ‘airbags’ side of the front seats, which could cause the separation of the device parts.
This could take the inflator (the metal encapsulated which houses the ‘airbag’) out projected if activated the ‘airbag’, thus representing a risk to the safety of the occupants of the vehicle, while Toyota does not have, so far, knowledge of any such incident, the source said.
the manufacturing flaw is different from other previously detected in the ‘airbag’ of Takata, which forced more than 100 million cars of different brands in the world to return to the workshops.
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