I refused the recall to swap the alloy wheels for different size on my Hilux, Toyota had cocked up on the european Invincible models and fitted the wrong size tyres, smaller size than rest of the world equivalent models, id already cured the inherant instability long before the recall because i'd swapped the OE tyres before they had covered 1000 miles and fitted the correct size...quite why Toyota didn't do the blindingly obvious and cheaper cure is a mystery indeed.

Anyway, they requested i sign off refusal to perform recall, which i was happy to do, still can't answer you in legal terms, but they will probably require a written refusal which presumably will absolve them of litigation should something happen involving many £££ in injury claims, remember as in my case this could have implications with you re your insurer should anything happen, nothing did happen, helped by the vehicle being infinitely more stable and driveable on the correct size tyres.

Edited by gordonbennet on 26/03/2018 at 18:20

My 2006 Toyota Yaris has been called in for a safety bag replacement.

I got the driver side airbag done about 6 months ago, at a local dealers. Now I have received a letter for the passenger side airbag.

Is it legally mandatory to get this work done? Last time I was hanging about at the dealers for half a day, while they tried to sell me a new car!

Let's face it, the car is 12 yrs old, with minimal resale value. And the passenger seat is rarely used!

The chances of anything dangerous happening are pretty miniscule, I would guess.

Are you serious. There is a potential safety issue with your car and you ask if you should get it fixed. Toyota are being honest about the issue and will sort it free of charge, other than the minor inconvenience of going to one of their dealers, not exactly rare are they.

If they said nothing and a person in your car was injured you would be on here wanting to know what action you could take against them and how much money you would get in compensation.

Some people are simply unbelievable.

Ref the Airbag Recall the reason this and about 50 million other cars are being recall is because if the car was involved in an accident and the airbag goes off parts of the casing can come out as well which will hit you in the face. So the answer to your question is if you are not worried about this then don't have it replaced but most people would want this replaced very quickly.

There have been about 20 deaths around the world with this problem so best just get this done asap.

Just look up Takata Airbag Recall on Google

Edited by Dorset123 on 30/03/2018 at 21:19