Toyota Motor Corpis urging owners of certain older modelsStop driving and get it serviced immediately, becauseAirbag inflators can** and can lead to the death of the driver
According to the Japanese automaker, the "Do Not Drive" warning covers some of the 2003-04 Corolla, 2003-04 Corolla Matrix and 2004-05 R**4 equipped with Takata airbag inflators.
Philippe Crowe, a spokeswoman for Toyota Canada, said the airbag warning was not new, but the company took the step to warn drivers who had not yet responded to the 2015 Takata recall.
"The stop driving notice is sent to owners who have not gone through the recall process for their vehicles after multiple communication attempts," he said in an email. ”
The recall affects 7,300 vehicles in Canada, and owners of affected vehicles can contact their Toyota dealer to complete the recall process at no cost, Crowe said.
If the owner believes that his or her vehicle may be subject to a recall, he or she can log in to Toyota's ** query.
Since 2009, more than 30 people have died and hundreds have been injured around the world, all linked to the Takata airbag inflator, which could release metal fragments inside the car.
In 2015, Takata agreed to declare 33.8 million airbags defective in the largest car recall in history. At that time, 11 automakers, including Honda and Toyota, recalled 36 million vehicles worldwide.