Toyota Nigeria Limited has announced the recall
of 900 units of RAV4 produced between 2006
and 2012 to fix possible faulty real seat belts.
The Managing Director, TNL, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo,
said in Lagos on Tuesday that the recall was on
the order of the parent company, Toyota Motor
Corporation, as a proactive safety measure to
avert danger to the lives of people occupying
the back seats of the vehicle in the event of an
accident.

“The issue has to do with the metal frame of
the two extreme seats: the one on the right and
the one on the left as you open the back seat.
In the event of an accident, the seat belt is
expected to restrain you from being thrown
overboard; but in this case, there is a possibility
that the seat belt may get cut and come in
contact with the metal frame. This may cause
some compromise to the system,” he said.

Ade-Ojo said the TNL had ordered resin
protectors from the vehicle manufacturer that
would be needed to pad the metal frame and
prevent it from constituting any danger.

He also said all the authorised dealers of TNL
had been duly briefed about the problem and
how to handle it.
The dealers, he noted, had been directed to
contact the affected owners of the recalled
vehicles, in addition to public notices to inform
them about the development.

He said the fixing of the problem would only
take about 30 minutes, adding that the special
service campaign was at no cost to the car
owners.
“It is a simple process, which will neither deface
the vehicle nor diminish its beauty in any form,”
he explained.

Ade-Ojo also said the service campaign period
had no terminal date as he added that “the one
we did last year, we are still contacting the
customers. Every week, we send the report to
the TMC.”

The TNL managing director, however, said
priority would be given to those who purchased
their vehicles from any of its authorised dealers
in the country.

He said the issue ordinarily might appear minor
to the people but the firm decided to take the
measure despite the cost to the manufacturer
because Toyota did not want to take chances.
“The safety of our customers is of paramount
importance to us and we don’t compromise on
this,” Ade-Ojo added.

Modified: source - www.punchng.com/toyota-nigeria-recalls-900-units-of-rav4/

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For time am hearing about this in Nigeria.

First time in Nigeria. We didn't even know all this mentioned because we mostly but Tokunbo's

fistonati:
First time in Nigeria. We didn't even know all this mentioned because we mostly but Tokunbo's

because dey r cheaper and sum of dem r very superb

Nigeria issuing recalls , this is the first time am hearing this, this could be a false information cos av not heard any recalls on seatbelt for the RAV4, besides Nigerians dont like seat belts , so forget about it.

kaeforum:
Nigeria issuing recalls , this is the first time am hearing this, this could be a false information cos av not heard any recalls on seatbelt for the RAV4, besides Nigerians dont like seat belts , so forget about it.

It's actually true, check d source

this na gobe