No Toyota recall in Bahrain, yet!

There is yet no confirmation of Bahrain being affected in a global recall of vehicles by the Toyota Motor Corp due to the possibility that their seatbelts could be damaged by a metal seat frame part in the event of a crash.

In an email, the world's biggest-selling automaker said that the global recall involved its RAV4 SUV model produced between July 2005 and August 2014 and sold worldwide, and its Vanguard SUV model produced between October 2005 and January 2016 and sold in Japan.

The recall includes 1.3 million vehicles in North America announced earlier in the day by Toyota's U.S. unit, along with around 625,000 vehicles in Europe, 434,000 vehicles in China, 177,000 in Japan and 307,000 in other regions.

However according to a spokesperson from EK Kanoo, the official dealer for Toyota in Bahrain, there has been no indication so far that any Toyota vehicles in Bahrain need to be recalled.

"There is no news about it so far, we have not been informed to conduct any recall," she said. The spokesperson added that if any of the units need to be recalled, the company will duly inform the customers.

"We will immediately inform the customer if they have a unit which is to be recalled." she said.

Meanwhile the Japan-based automaker said it would add resin covers to the metal seat cushion frames on all affected vehicles to prevent any metal pieces from cutting the seatbelt in the event of a crash, after it had received two reports in which rear seatbelts separated following crashes.

Toyota said it could not determine whether these incidents were linked to any injuries or fatalities.