Toyota to 解任する 7.43 MILLION cars because of ... a 欠陥のある window switch

By Rachel Rickard Straus

Updated: 11:03 BST, 10 October 2012

Japanese car 巨大（な） Toyota is to 解任する 7.43 million 乗り物s 世界的な, over a 欠陥のある window switch in the driver door.

The 力／強力にする switch, which 支配（する）／統制するs the windows both for the driver and 乗客s, may stop working in more than a dozen models produced between 2005 and 2010.

The models 存在 解任するd in Europe are the Yaris, Corolla, Auris, Camry and Rav-4. The 解任する 影響する／感情s 138,000 乗り物s in the UK.

Glitch: A 専門的事項 in the 生産／産物 of some Toyota models could lead to a fault 現れるing

The Japanese car 巨大（な） said that the switch on the driver's 味方する did not have grease 適用するd 平等に during 生産／産物, 原因（となる）ing 摩擦 in the switch and いつかs smoke.

No 衝突，墜落s or 傷害s have been 報告（する）／憶測d in 関係 with the problem. However Toyota 警告するd that if the switch begins to feel uneven or notchy when operated, continued use could 原因（となる） the switch to stick or become inoperable.

It 追加するd that the switch is not designed to be lubricated with commercially 利用できる lubricants. 使用／適用 of these could lead to overheating and/or melting of the switch 議会.

影響する／感情d owners will be 接触するd within the next six weeks and asked to make an 任命 to bring their car to their nearest Toyota centre to have the switch 操作／手術 checked.

If it is not working 適切に, mechanics will 直す／買収する，八百長をする it in a simple 手続き 概算の to take いっそう少なく than an hour and at no expense.

In North America, the 解任する 伴う／関わるs the Yaris, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia and Scion models xB and xD. In Japan, the Vitz, Belta, Ractis, Ist, Auris and Corolla Lumimon have been 解任するd.

中国, Australia, other Asian nations and the Middle East are also 影響する／感情d.

The 解任する will 含む 2.47 million 乗り物s in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, 同様に as 1.40 million 乗り物s in 中国 and 1.39 million 乗り物s in Europe.

The move comes a day after Toyota 報告（する）／憶測d that its sales fell 48.9 per cent year-on-year in 中国 in September. Japanese car brands have 苦しむd as a result of an 突発／発生 of anti-Japan 感情 in 中国 in 返答 to a 領土の 論争 between the two countries.