Toyota Issues Special Service Campaign for Front Passenger Airbag

Davao City (PNA) — Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMPC) has issued a special service campaign for Toyota Front Passenger Airbag.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region received a copy of the letter from its central office through Undersecretary for Consumer Protection Group Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba from Lawyer Rommel Gutierrez, TMPC’s First Vice President for Government and Industry Affairs of its Corporate Affairs Group.

The letter stated that the Toyota Front Passenger Airbags particularly of the Toyota Corolla Altis were produced from May 2001 until March 2007, and Toyota Yaris were produced from September 2006 to March 2007.

It added that the special service campaign covers 13,228 units of Toyota Corolla Altis and additional 358 units of Toyota Yaris officially sold in the Philippines.

The Front Passenger Side Airbag inflators may have been assembled with improperly manufactured propellant wafers and could trigger the inflator to rupture which may cause the front passenger airbag to deploy abnormally in the event of a crash.

“As a preventive measure, Toyota will replace the Front Passenger Side Airbag Inflator Module Assembly with a new one, at NO COST to our customers,” Gutierrez said.

TMPC has committed to contact the affected customers through notification letters and invite them to bring their vehicles to authorized Toyota dealers for vehicle servicing.

Meanwhile, DTI-Davao Region Officer-in-Charge Maria Belenda Q. Ambi said Davaoeños who bought a Toyota Corolla Altis or a Toyota Yaris produced during said period may also contact the nearest DTI office should they have clarifications or some other concerns relative to the advisory. (PNA) FPV/LCM/JENNY GRACE M. MENDOZA/LDP