Toyota to recall 7.4M cars. 2005-2010 Yaris included.

[stuart_f]

Breaking news right now so not much detail available. There seems to be some sort of fire risk with the window switches in a Gen 2 Yaris and some other types.

Toyota to recall 7.4 million cars

Toyota is voluntarily recalling more than seven million vehicles worldwide, including some Yaris, Corolla and Camry models, over faulty window switches.

The Japanese car maker said these would include 1.39 million vehicles across Europe, 2.47 million in the US and 1.4 million in China.

The call back is the biggest since Ford recalled 8 million vehicles in 1996.

Toyota said there had been no reports of accidents, injuries or deaths as a result of the window problem.

Toyota is also recalling 459,000 vehicles in Japan, 650,000 vehicles in Australia and Asia, as well as hundreds of thousands from across the Middle East, and from within Canada.

The range of Toyota cars affected include certain models of the Yaris, Vios, Corolla, Matrix, Auris, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia, xB and xD produced between 2005 and 2010.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19894322