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Toyota is recalling 145,000 Lexus TX and Toyota Grand Highlander SUVs due to a difficulty that might trigger one of many facet curtain airbags to fail to deploy in some conditions.
The curtain airbag on the driving force’s facet might not deploy correctly “throughout sure crashes” if the driving force’s facet window is rolled down, according to a statement shared by Toyota Thursday. Toyota didn’t present particulars on the kind of scenario by which the issue may happen.
In a crash or a automobile rollover, facet curtain airbags deploy to cowl the facet window opening. They may also help stop an occupant from putting the window glass or components of the door. Within the occasion of a rollover, they’ll stop an occupant’s arm, shoulder or head from hitting the bottom and even defend an individual from being thrown from the automobile.
Each the Lexus TX and Toyota Grand Highlander are new fashions that went on sale final 12 months. They’re intently associated to 1 one other. Each are giant crossover, or comparatively car-like, SUVs with three rows of seating. They’re produced at Toyota’s manufacturing unit in Princeton, Indiana.
Toyota is at the moment working to develop a strategy to repair the difficulty, the automaker stated in its assertion. Homeowners will likely be notified of the recall by mid-August, Toyota stated.
If clients have questions, they’ll contact Toyota customer support at 800-331-4331 or Lexus customer support at 800-255-3987.