SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT), the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia, has announced a special service campaign to replace the inflator modules of the front passenger side airbag for a certain number of Toyota vehicles sold in Malaysia.
The campaign is an expansion of earlier efforts by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) relating to certain vehicles equipped with airbag inflator modules.
The defect is due to propellant degradation occurring after prolonged exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures and high temperature cycling.
Inflator modules which contain a non-desiccated, phase stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant may cause the rupture of the module.
Should such a situation occur, metal fragments will pass through the airbag as it inflates and into the vehicle's interior at high speed.
As a result, serious injury or death could occur.
Based on information received from TMC, the number of affected Toyota Corolla Altis, Vios, Yaris and Alphard in Malaysia, currently hovers around 42,000 units.
The vehicles are manufactured from May 2010 to Dec 2012 and are distributed by UMWT.
TMC is currently working on obtaining the necessary parts for the SSC.
Once the parts are available, UMWT will notify owners to request them to bring their cars to an authorised Toyota service centre to make the necessary replacements which should take about 1 to 3 hours.
All costs involved for the replacement will be borne by UMWT.
The company is aware that some of them are not the first owners and may not be contactable.
Therefore, it urges all owners to contact any authorised Toyota service centre or call Toyota Freephone at 1800-8-TOYOTA (869682).
Also, owners can visit Toyota’s Special Service Campaign webpage at https://toyota.com.my/aftersales-services/special- service-campaigns to check if their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is listed in the checker.
To those who have uploaded the Toyota Drive Apps, there is also a link to Toyota’s SSC page and the VIN Checker.
To further assist such owners, UMWT is also setting up a special SSC booth at TOYOTA GO 2017 events that will be taking place in the month of April and May.
The event will be held at various shopping malls including selected AEON Malls nationwide and will include airbag replacement services.
Further announcements on the details including locations will be made soon.
