Toyota Motor says Singapore not affected by vehicle
recall
SINGAPORE: Toyota Motor Corp is recalling more than 1.35
million vehicles worldwide due to faulty seatbelts and exhaust pipe
defects.
Affected vehicles are the Belta, Ractis and Vitz models assembled
in Japan. The Vitz subcompact is known as Yaris in Singapore and
many other markets.
When contacted by Channel NewsAsia, Toyota Motor Asia-Pacific's
general manager of External Affairs, Enomoto Masato, said the
models that the company sells in Singapore are not affected as they
are assembled in Thailand.
It, however, could not rule out models which were parallel imported
into Singapore from Japan. Toyota said owners of such vehicles
should seek advice from the dealers they bought from.
Toyota said on Wednesday it is recalling 830,000 Yaris cars in
overseas markets including US, Europe, Canada and Australia.
In Japan, it is recalling a total of 525,898 Vitz, Belta small car
and Ractis compacts built from January 2005 to April 2008.
- CNA/so