Toyota Again Reminds Alphard Owners To Yaris Production 20012016 To Check Free Airbags At Official Workshops

JAKARTA - PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) has held campaign recalls for several of its models since 2015. This is for checking airbags of inflators for Alphard, NAV1, Camry, Corolla, Vios, and Yaris models for 2001' 2016 production at Toyota's official workshop.

Now, Toyota reminds the car owners above to check at the official workshop. The goal is for safety to drive on the road.

Vice President Director of PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM), Henry Tanoto, said that in line with the value Customer First, Toyota Indonesia is committed to always paying attention and responsibility to all products marketed, including the old production year.

"Given the possibility of danger if left unchecked, we invite owners of Alphard, NAV1, Camry, Corolla, Vios, and Yaris for the 2001 '2016 production year who have not conducted airbag inflators inspections, to come to Toyota's official workshop throughout Indonesia. Furthermore, Toyota will examine and replace the airbag of the inflator to ensure that this component is in accordance with the required technical specifications," he said, in an official statement, Thursday, August 14.

As a follow-up to the information on the occurrence of airbag development in the front passenger area accompanied by metal debris in several other countries. For this reason, we want to ensure that this potential will not occur in vehicles that have been marketed in Indonesia.

Given the function of air bags that are important in matters of safety, Alphard, NAV1, Camry, Corolla, Vios, and Yaris customers in 2001 2016 production, are pleased to come to the nearest Toyota official workshop. Note: Not all vehicles in the above production range are involved, only certain VINs.

Furthermore, Toyota's official workshop will conduct an inspection or replacement of the airbag inflator component. Worked by a global Toyota certified expert technician so that the process takes place quickly and safely, an estimated work of around 1-3.5 hours depending on the vehicle model.

Toyota customers are advised to do booking service first, so that dealers can prepare stalls and technicians, and they don't have to wait too long for queues because they are scheduled. The entire inspection process until the final check is free of charge.

To find out whether the customer's car is included in the unit that needs to be replaced by the airbag of the inflator, please visit via Toyota Customer Care which operates 24 hours at telephone number 1-500-315.

Customers can interact with Toyota Interactive Virtual Assistant (TARRA) via Whatsapp at 0811-15000-315. Prepare the car frame number to see if the status is needed to be replaced or not.

"This program is one of Toyota's efforts to always ensure that the customer's vehicle is at high safety standards on the road. We urge customers to check the airbags of inflators of several Toyota cars at the nearest official workshop. This step is a form of responsibility for the quality of the product that is marketed and provides peace of mind to all customers. Therefore, we do not charge any of the car owners related to this service," concluded Marketing Director of PT Toyota-Astra Motor (TAM), Jap Ernando Demily.