UMWT recalls 41,000 Vios, Altis, Camry, and Yaris

By ahmadzulizwan, 29 August 2019

UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT), distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Malaysia, has announced a Special Service Campaign (SSC) that involved replacement of the airbag inflator of certain Toyota models sold by the company.

The vehicles involved in this campaign were subjected to a previous Takata airbag inflator recall and repaired between 2014 and 2019, where certain number of vehicles were replaced with a non-desiccated airbag inflators produced by Takata. In this current campaign, those airbag inflators will be replaced with a further improved airbag inflator components.

There are approximately 41,000 Toyota vehicles manufactured from 2001 to 2013 involved.

The models are:

  • Toyota Vios that were produced from May 2003 to Aug 2007, and Sept 2007 – July 2013
  • Toyota Corolla Altis, produced from July 2001 to July 2007
  • Toyota Camry produced from June 2002 to Dec 2005 and,
  • Toyota Yaris produced from Jan 2006 to Aug 2007.

The company will notify all affected vehicle owners officially and perform the special service at no charge to the owners. For further information, owners of affected cars can contact any authorised Toyota service centre or call the Toyota Freephone at 1800-8-TOYOTA (869682).

Toyota owners can also visit Toyota’s Special Service Campaign webpage through this link: toyota.com.my to check whether their vehicle is involved, through Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Checker. To those who have uploaded the Toyota Drive Apps, there is also a link to Toyota’s SSC page and the VIN Checker. Information on other vital SSCs is also available on the webpage.