Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Toyota to recall 173,000 vehicles in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia

Associated Press

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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, said Tuesday it will recall about 173,000 vehicles in Japan, Singapore and Malaysia due to defects in their brakes and fuel systems.

The company said 63,830 Crown, Majesta and Mark X passenger cars, including 23 vehicles in Singapore and Malaysia, will be recalled for problems in their master cylinders -- the part in a hydraulic brake system that provides the pressure to engage the brakes.

Toyota spokesman Tomomi Imai said the company was aware of one accident in Japan that had been caused by the defect, when a car was unable to brake properly and crashed into another vehicle in front of it. There were no injuries.

Another 109,289 Crown and Mark X cars in Japan will be recalled for a separate defect in a part called the O-ring in their fuel systems, said Imai.

The two recalls affect vehicles produced between September 2003 and February of this year, he said.