Is Toyota Motors Doing Anything?
As most of the world reacts to defects in Toyotas that can cause them to accelerate suddenly, not much seems to be being said about it in Kazakhstan. In Astana, every other car is a Toyota including most government cars. If Toyotas are dangerous, one would think it would be making major news. So far all that Toyota.KZ has to say is Toyota Europe’s statement [RU]. Nowhere does the statement directly address Kazakhstan or talk about what Toyota Motors here in Kazakhstan is doing.
The models affected are:
- AYGO (February 2005 – August 2009)
- iQ (November 2008 – November 2009)
- Yaris (November 2005 – September 2009)
- Auris (October 2006 – January 5, 2010)
- Corolla (October 2006 – December 2009)
- Verso (February 2009 – January 5, 2010)
- Avensis (November 2008 – December 2009)
- RAV4 (November 2005 – November 2009)
Of those models, Corolla is an extremely common model for corporate and government cars. RAV4s are also popular and Avensis is not unheard of. Not long ago a woman lost control of her Toyota which was accelerating out of control and killed a soldier as well as other pedestrians and herself in a crash at the corner of Beibitshilik and Moscovskaya in Astana. Coincindence?
Has anyone else heard anything? Are drivers aware that they need to take their cars in? Should I be as worried as I am?
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Very good point. If Toyota treats us as a third world country, we should dump all their cars.
Well, the problem is world wide–not just in Kazakhstan. My point was, is Kazakhstan doing anything about this problem? Are the recalls in Europe in effect in Kazakhstan and are drivers actually bothering to get their cars fixed? Because I haven’t heard any kind of fuss here which makes me think someone is keeping this problem quiet. I don’t want to get hit by a Toyota because some driver didn’t know there was a problem with his or her car.
Knowing the local mentality, you already know the answer. The question is that Toyota shall treat customers equally everywhere, i.e. recall vehicles here too. But they have little presence here apart from their dealers who resell their cars and probably do not care at all.