Toyota Australia has today announced that it will initiate a safety recall involving Toyota C-HR, Yaris, Yaris Cross and GR Yaris vehicles produced between May 2020 – August 2021 (inclusive). There are approximately 18,490 vehicles involved in the Australian market.
The subject vehicles are equipped with a Millimetre Wave Sensor (radar sensor) and a camera to detect objects, such as another vehicle in front of the subject vehicle. The radar sensor used by the Pre-Collision System (PCS) may not have been initialised properly in the involved vehicles during production. As a result, the PCS may be inoperative with no warning indicator to the driver.
An inoperative PCS, without a PCS malfunction indicator, may increase the risk of a crash in certain driving situations.
For all involved vehicles, Toyota Dealers will inspect the vehicle to determine if the radar sensor is properly initialised, and if necessary, Dealers will complete the activation of the radar sensor free of charge to vehicle owners.
Vehicle inspection will take approximately half an hour, and if required, the remedy will take approximately 1 hour. Depending on the Dealer’s work schedule, owners may be required to make the vehicle available for a longer period of time.
