Takata Airbag Recalls Expand to 2008 Toyota Corolla and Matrix, 2008-2010 Lexus SC 430
CARS.COM — Toyota announced today that it will expand its Takata airbag recalls to cover the 2008 Corolla sedan and related Matrix hatchback, as well as the 2008-2010 Lexus SC 430. The recall affects passenger-side Takata airbag inflators in all three cars.
Related: Is Your Car Part of the Takata Airbag Recall?
Previous Takata-related recalls for those two nameplates involved only the 2003-2007 Corolla and Matrix and the 2002-2007 SC 430, among many other Toyota and Lexus cars. (Lexus is Toyota’s luxury division.) Today’s expansion covers some 198,000 cars.
Toyota spokeswoman Cindy Knight said that today’s actions are not related to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s massive Jan. 22 expansion of the Takata recalls. That expansion dealt exclusively with driver’s-side airbags.
Takata’s ongoing airbag recall affects around 28 million airbags in at least 24 million cars in the U.S. from 12 automakers. We’ll add today’s cars to the list, which we’re tracking here.
Toyota said that interim letters of notification be mailed to owners in mid-March and that letters on the remedy will go out in early June. Toyota will replace the potentially defective Takata inflators for free, but it did not provide a timeframe for the operation. Toyota owners can learn more by contacting the automaker at 800-331-4331; Lexus owners can call 800-255-3987.
