Toyota's global Recall affects models in Brazil

SÃO PAULO-Toyota will publish tomorrow the statement about the outstanding brand cars in Brazil that are within the global recall announced by four Japanese automakers to solve defects in airbag system of 3.4 million vehicles.
Through its press office, the automaker says the recall, as well as the number of cars involved in the campaign, will be released on Friday. In Brazil, the recall will involve the Corolla model.
In addition to Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda are involved in megarecall, caused by defects in airbags supplied by Japanese Takata also. Honda says it still evaluates the situation of the cars sold in Brazil to issue a statement on the matter "as soon as the surveys are finalized".
At Honda, the recall involves 1.1 million cars, including the Civic models-the years of 2001, 2002 and 2003-and CR-V, 2002-both sold in Brazil.
Already the Brazilian subsidiary of Nissan reports – also via media relations-that is in contact with the matrix in Japan to learn if Brazil is within the global campaign. The brand will issue a statement tomorrow. Nissan has 480 thousand cars affected by the recall in the world.
In the case of Toyota, the problem reaches beyond the Corolla, Tundra and Sequoia models, as well as Lexus and other mounted November 2000 to March 2004. Are 1.7 million cars hit the trademark globally.
The National Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice consumer notified the four brands, charging them for clarification on the recall of the airbag. In the absence of clarification, the automakers may suffer penalties based on the consumer defense code.
In a statement, the Ministry, citing the consumer defense code, remember that the supplier cannot be placed on the market a product or service that has a high degree of risk to the health or safety of persons. "If the supplier will have knowledge of the existence of the defect after the insertion of the products or services on the market, it is your obligation to report the fact immediately to the authorities and consumers", says the text.