Toyota Motor Corp is poised to recall 1.67 million of its cars worldwide due to defects ranging from faulty brakes to fuelling system problems.
Plagued with defective car assemblies and other technical problems, Toyota aims to restore its reputation as one of the leading car manufacturers all over the world.
Although there are no reports of injuries or deaths related to car accidents pertaining to such defects, the car manufacturing company, through an email to the Wall Street Journal.
The email stated that around 802,000 of their cars had a defect in the brake system. These cars include the Crown Majesta, the Crown Noah, and Voxy models, produced during the period covering June 2007 to June 2012.
Furthermore, Toyota also admitted that around 759,000 vehicles which include Lexus models produced between January 2005 and September 2010 had problems with their fuel delivery system, raising concerns related to leaking fuels and dangerous flaming risks.
The fuel pipe issue affects 9,637 UK-registered cars, 70,000 cars in Middle East and Europe, 240,000 in Japan and 423,000 vehicles in the United States.
Toyota agreed to replace a rubber seal ring in the brakes master cylinder that functions to avoid brake fluid from leaking of the cars affected by the issue.
Aside from that, Toyota will also replace brake booster from cars whose brake fluid has already leaked.
Meanwhile, in Japan alone, Corolla Rumion and Auris models produced between October 2006 and October 2014 are also being recalled as they were found having problems with their fuel evaporative emission control units.
This is not the first time that Toyota got embroiled in this defective-car manufacturing problems.
It may be remembered that back in June 2013 the leading Japanese automaker also recalled cars with defective passenger-seat airbag.
That initial "return trip" affected 2.14 million vehicles worldwide, 1.83 million were overseas and the rest coming from Japan.
