Toyota Motor Corp., the largest automobile manufacturer in Japan, announced today that it has recalled about 3.4 million cars worldwide due to suspected air bag defects.
Toyota said the recall plan includes 2.9 million cars in the U.S. from the Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Avalon and Avalon H.V models in North and Central and South America, adding that no cars will be called at this time in Japan or Europe.
A spokeswoman for the Japanese company said that the electronic control unit in the cars that are included in the recall process may not provide the appropriate protection in the face of the presence of "electrical noise" any form of disturbance of the electric current affecting the airbags' operating systems, which could lead to the lack of The pillow is completely inflatable or not at all. It can also impede the functioning of seat belt tensioners as appropriate.
It is noteworthy that seat belt tensioners increase or decrease the degree of tension of seat belts to protect passengers from rushing forward strongly in the event of a collision.
Toyota plans to add an electric noise filter between the airbag controller and its connecting wires.