The Japanese Toyota car manufacturer This Friday he called on review of the models Prius 2023 and 2024 after they presented failures in the rear door handles which could represent a risk to users.
The cars involved are: Prius with a production period from early October 2022 to early April 2024.
Through a statement, the car company detailed that the damage to the rear doors of the vehicles involved could cause water to leak into the car, causing a short circuit.
“If the locks are not locked, they could open while the vehicle is moving or in the event of an impact, increasing the risk of injury to the occupants,” he warned.
He added that as a countermeasure, any distributor Authorized Toyota dealers will replace the opening locks on the left or right rear doors with others at no cost to the customer.
Toyota informed that if you own this vehicle you can contact us to answer any questions or clarifications at 01-800-7-86-96-82.
You can also send an email to the address [email protected].
Toyota overcomes the COVID pandemic and goes for the sale of 110 thousand vehicles
The Japanese manufacturer Toyota This year it expects to exceed the sale of 110 thousand Light vehicles combustion and electrified in Mexico this yearleaving behind the impact that the pandemic meant for the production and on-time delivery of units, commented Guillermo Díazpresident of Toyota Motor Sales and Lexus Mexico.
In interview with The financialthe manager highlighted that Toyota Production of the fourth generation of the Tacoma pickup just started and manufacturing of an electrified version of this truck will soon begin, while the manufacturer remains positive about the arrival of new Chinese brands to the Mexican market to compete.
“This allowed us to exceed 104 thousand units (in 2023), our goal was 102 thousand 500 in Toyota, in Lexus it was almost 2 thousand 700 units, after the years of pandemic, We finally managed to return to the level of 100 thousand units that we had before the pandemic. We are going to have better availability this year and the objective would be to get closer to 110 thousand units,” he said in an interview.
The manager highlighted that despite the logistical problems due to Covid, the manufacturer is in a very good position to continue meeting Mexican demand with its 18 models. of which 9 are electrified hybrids.
