After the safety recall that Toyota had announced for the Lexus, the Toyota Yaris is now the next vehicle up for a recall. Working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there are approximately 134,900 Yaris vehicles sold in the U.S. that may have to be recalled due to defective seat belt pretensioners.
The Yaris is equipped with driver and front passenger seat belt pretensioners that retract the seat belts to begin absorbing the occupant’s forward momentum when a severe frontal impact is detected. On 2006 through 2007 model year Yaris, Toyota has determined that the seat belt pretensioner deployment may affect the sound insulating foam in the center pillar, following a collision.
Toyota will inform owners of the involved vehicles with a Safety Recall notification via first-class mail beginning early February. Owners are requested to contact their local Toyota dealer for repair. The repair will take approximately one hour, depending on the dealer’s workload.
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