As reported on Sunday, January 4, the Xinhua news agency, referring to the State Administration for Quality Control, Verification and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, the company will begin recalling cars from February 10 this year.

We are talking about 73 thousand New Highlander cars and 98 thousand Levin cars, produced in May 2015 - February 2016. Also, more than five thousand hybrid models of Levin, produced in October 2015 - February 2016, will be withdrawn.

In addition, almost five thousand hybrid cars Corolla, issued in the period from November 2015 to February 2016, will be withdrawn.

According to the agency there is a possibility of incorrect operation of the acceleration sensor in the airbags, which can lead to failure of their operation in the event of an accident. In case the problem is detected, Toyota will replace airbags for recalled cars free of charge, - the message says..

Recall, as URA-Inform jointly, in early January, the Japanese concern also withdrew more than 600,000 cars in the US due to a malfunction of airbags manufactured by Takata.