TOYOTA RECALL WORK STARTS

Work begins this morning (Wednesday 10 February) at 206 Toyota service centres across the UK to implement the fix to the accelerator pedal on the cars affected by the recall. Toyota technicians have received specific training in the repair, the parts are in stock and the first cars are being attended to.

Toyota service centres have also received the necessary software to update the Prius brake system.

The accelerator pedal recall involves 180,865 vehicles in the UK and Toyota anticipates it can be accomplished in a matter of weeks thanks to service centres extending their opening hours. The pedal repair should take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.

Steve Settle, Toyota GB Customer Services Director said: We are doing everything we can to ensure our customers vehicles are attended to as promptly as possible. With the assistance of the DVLA and the commitment of all our centres, we have been able to launch a repair programme that is thorough, efficient and effective in ensuring all the vehicles affected by the recall are fixed.

Toyota service centres will be working extended hours and weekends. As a consequence, they have the combined capacity to repair 6,000 vehicles per day. By Friday we will have received 100,000 repair parts from Japan. We have implemented the recall as quickly as possible.

Toyota will prioritise those customers whose cars have been identified as having the fault via the Toyota customer helpline or directly with centres.

Thank-you to Toyota for this video.

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[DisabledRacer]

@Slick4time

It's just some information to prove a point. Why argue?

[Slick4time]

@DisabledRacer, I think your trying to produce spam. Your comments are just as bad as the topic itself! Why exactly did you post the comments in the first place?

[DisabledRacer]

@Slick4time

Everyone should also remember the quote, "you can't always get what you want."

[Slick4time]

@DisabledRacer, I agree that this was bunch of nonsense. I don't think the media should suggest improvements unless it's approved with the people that roam this world. Toyota isn't that dumb. Seriously.

[DisabledRacer]

The media just told everyone a bunch of lies to make you think this issue is really severe. This may sound crazy but ALL the automobile brands currently produce and sell the same brake setup for hybrids and hybrids only! It's was a safety feature and they are trying to kill Toyota and other foreign brands. Watch and learn the hard way now. More bad news for Toyota? It's likely. Get ready for a storm because this issue is getting bigger and bigger with rumors. I hate the media.