Toyota Announces Repair Of More Than 2,000 Hybrid C-HR Units In Australia, This Is The Cause

Toyota C-HR Hybrid. (Doc. Toyota)

JAKARTA - Recently, Toyota announced the 'Customer Service Exercise' program to correct the error on parking brakes for the C-HR Hybrid SUV in Australia. It was stated that the affected vehicles numbered 2,348 units.

Reportedly the vehicles affected by this problem are production between May 2, 2023, and May 30, 2024.

The manufacturer said that when the vehicle was towed, the Parking Support Braking (PKSB) system operated accidentally when backward teeth were selected and resulted in the system activating the vehicle brakes when the gear displacement position was moved back.

"This is due to PKSB software logic which can cause the system to activate the vehicle brakes when the position of the dental displacement is moved back," Toyota said as quoted by CarExpert, Wednesday, August 21.

Toyota has not classified the error as a recall, as the automaker voluntarily offered to resolve the issue and immediately contacted the owner.

The Japanese manufacturer said its service center would install a correct sticker on the vehicle owner's manual and update the software on the Clearance Warning ECU on affected vehicles.

The automotive manufacturer said that it took about 60 minutes to solve the problem.

Earlier in June, Toyota also announced 378 repairs to the Corolla Cross and Mirai intensive countries. Just like C-HR, this is not classified as a recall.

According to Toyota, the occurrence of defects in the system is due to a lack of laser welding in camera casings in suppliers during a certain production period and the potential for casings can be separated over time when exposed to external pressure, resulting in water leaking into the camera.

If this car experiences this problem, the warning lights on the dashboard will turn on along with the sound of a bell and the message will be displayed on the instrument panel if there is an error.