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STATEMENT BY AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC. REGARDING VSA MODULATOR RECALL

American Honda has announced the following statement today. The affected models are not sold in Europe. European customers should be reassured that their cars are not affected by this recall.

TOYOTA ON COURSE WITH RECALL PROGRAMME

Just one month on from the launch of Toyota’s accelerator recall campaign, work has been completed on more than half – 90,000-plus – of the cars that have been identified as requiring attention.

KIA MOTORS HAS CONTACTED OWNERS OF ITS NEW VENGA TO CONDUCT A PRODUCT MODIFICATION

During rigorous crash testing it was seen that there was a small risk that the lower section of the front seatbelts in its new Venga model could become damaged by contact with the lower seat mounting rail.

GM RECALLS COMPACT CARS TO FIX POWER STEERING ASSIST

General Motors will conduct a safety recall of 1.3 million compact cars to replace a motor in the power steering system.

HONDA RECALL OF DRIVER’S SRS AIRBAG

Honda has decided to expand a recall related to a defect in the driver’s SRS airbag installed on certain vehicles produced in 2001 and 2002 and has issued a notification in North America and Japan.

TOYOTA RECALL WORK STARTS TODAY

Work begins this morning (Wednesday 10 February) at 206 Toyota service centres across the UK to implement the fix to the accelerator pedal on the cars affected by the recall.

TOYOTA REASSURANCE ON INSURANCE

Toyota GB can confirm that insurance cover on Toyota cars is unaffected by the current safety recall.

THIRD-GENERATION PRIUS RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT

Toyota today announced a global recall on the latest, third-generation Prius built before 27 January 2010. This will involve 8,500 cars in the UK.

STATEMENT BY TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION PRESIDENT AKIO TOYODA

I, Akio Toyoda, deeply regret the inconvenience and concern caused to our customers and others by our recent recalls of multiple vehicle models across multiple regions.

TOYOTA COMMENT ON NEW CAR SALES RESULTS FOR JANUARY 2010

Statement by Miguel Fonseca, Managing Director Toyota GB PLC