Toyota recalls 1.67m Toyota, Lexus cars

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday it would recall a total 1.67 million vehicles globally in a voluntary move to address three separate defects including a faulty brake master cylinder that could hinder the brake's performance.

Some 1.05 million vehicles will be recalled in Japan and 615,000 overseas, as well as more than a dozen Lexus models. In the latest recall, about 802,000 Crown Majesta, Crown, Noah and Voxy models manufactured between June 2007 and June 2012 will be called back to replace a rubber seal ring in the brake master cylinder.

A second recall of about 759,000 vehicles globally, including 423,000 in the US, will fix faulty fuel delivery pipes that could cause a fire through a fuel leak. Toyota will also recall in Japan 190,000 Corolla Rumion and Auris models built between October 2006 and October 2014 that are not equipped with an idling feature to fix a defective fuel evaporative emission control unit.