Toyota Australia is extending the range of vehicles involved in the passenger side front airbag safety recall that was previously announced on certain vehicles equipped with Takata airbag inflators.

The recall impacts Yaris and Avensis Verso vehicles built between April 2003 and December 2008.

Toyota Australia is still assessing the number of vehicles impacted in the Australian market.

There have been no confirmed incidents or injuries reported to Toyota Australia as a result of this condition.

Toyota Australia will be contacting impacted customers within the earliest possible timeframes to advise them of this issue. For further information, Toyota owners can contact the Toyota recall campaign helpline on 1800 987 366 or visit www.toyota.com.au.

Impacted Vehicles
Model	Impacted airbag	Production period
Yaris NCP90/91/93	Passenger airbag	Extended to December 2008
Avensis Verso ACM21	Passenger airbag	Extended to December 2008

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For further information please contact:
Beck Angel
03 9647 4250 or 0421 271 279
beck.angel@toyota.com.au

REPRINT OF 13 MAY 2015 MEDIA RELEASE

13 May 2015

TOYOTA AUSTRALIA RECALLS 181,000 VEHICLES

Toyota Australia is initiating safety recalls for certain vehicles equipped with Takata airbag inflators.

In Australia approximately 181,000 vehicles built between 2003 and 2007 are involved, including Corolla, Yaris, Avensis Verso, Echo and RAV4. A full list of impacted vehicles and the production periods can be found below.

These recalls are due to the potential that, depending on the vehicle, either the driver's or passenger's airbag inflators may be susceptible to moisture intrusion over time.

If this happens, this could potentially make the inflator assembly prone to rupture during an accident, increasing the risk of injury to the occupant.

There have been no incidents or injuries reported in Australia as a result of this condition.

Affected vehicle owners will be notified of the recall by mail and will be informed when parts become available.

Replacement parts are presently being prepared and, due to the number of vehicles impacted globally, it is anticipated that sufficient parts will be available to commence recall repairs by early next year.

When parts are available, all affected vehicle owners will again be advised by mail and asked to take their vehicle to any authorised Toyota dealer. Depending on the vehicle, either the driver's or passenger's airbag inflator will be replaced free of charge. The replacement will take approximately 1.5 hours.

For further information, Toyota owners can contact the Toyota recall campaign helpline on 1800 987 366 or visit www.toyota.com.au.

Background
Toyota Australia has previously announced a recall for airbag inflators on some of these vehicle models, applying to different production date ranges.

This means that none of the vehicles announced in today's recall were impacted in the previous campaigns and owners are not being contacted twice about the same issue.

Since the previous recalls were announced, Toyota Motor Corporation has been conducting various investigations on Takata-produced airbag inflators.

Among the parts collected from the overseas markets, certain types of airbag inflators were found to have a potential for moisture intrusion over time. As a result, they could be susceptible to abnormal deployment in a crash.

Globally, for certain types of front passenger's and front driver's airbag inflators which could be susceptible to deploy abnormally, we are either initiating a new recall or expanding the production period of our existing recalls to involve approximately 5 million additional Toyota vehicles worldwide.

*** Please refer to the table below for more information on the vehicles involved in the Australian campaign.

Impacted vehicles
Model	Impacted airbag	Production period	Impacted vehicles
Echo	Driver airbag	1 July 2003 - 25 October 2005	27,444
RAV4	Driver airbag	31 July 2003 - 25 October 2005	28,945
Corolla ZZE122 (JTD)	Passenger airbag	23 May 2003 to 1 March 2007	75,119
Corolla ZZE122 (AHT)	Passenger airbag	16 May 2003 - 2 July 2005
Corolla ZZE123	Passenger airbag	09 May 2003 to 19 October 2005
Yaris NCP90	Passenger airbag	19 August 2005 to 30 March 2007	44,812
Yaris NCP91	Passenger airbag	19 August 2005 to 30 March 2007
Yaris NCP93	Passenger airbag	16 January 2006 - 30 March 2007
Avensis Verso ACM21	Passenger airbag	01 October 2003 - 30 March 2007	4,615
Avensis Verso ACM20	Passenger airbag	23 May 2003 - 1 October 2003

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