Thursday, May 26, 2016

Takata Airbag Recall!

Great, just great. Even though I had done research on this issue before I bought the car, it turns out that the passenger side airbag inflator is made by Takata.

Just a couple of days ago in the US, Toyota Motor Sales, USA announced that it would be recalling several cars, including select Lexus models.
http://toyotanews.pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota-takata-expansion-may23.htm

    * 2009 - 2011MY Corolla, Matrix 
    * 2006 - 2011MY Yaris 
    * 2010 - 2011MY 4Runner 
    * 2011MY Sienna 
    * 2008 - 2011MY Scion xB 
    * 2007 - 2011MY Lexus ES 
    * 2010 – 2011MY Lexus GX 
    * 2006 – 2011MY Lexus IS 

Give that the interior of the IS-F is near identical to the IS, I suspected but had no confirmation that the IS-F would also be included.

However, just last night I stumbled upon this:

Which explains the 5 phase recall in detail, and the reasons why. Most importantly however was this graphic at the end:




which clearly shows the 2008-2011 IS-F as one of the affected models.  I've emailed my dealer and he is trying to get information, but for now, it's wait and see...

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