Although the Toyota Yaris is not a hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle, I write about it from time-to-time, as it is one of the more fuel-efficient cars available in the U.S. Yesterday, Toyota announced a safety recall affecting nearly 135,000 Toyota Yaris’ sold in the United States.

“The Yaris is equipped with driver and front passenger seat belt pretensioners that retract the seat belts to begin absorbing the occupant’s forward momentum when a severe frontal impact is detected. On 2006 through 2007 model year Yaris, Toyota has determined that the seat belt pretensioner deployment may affect the sound insulating foam in the center pillar, following a collision.

There are no reported cases of this condition in the United States and no other Toyota or Lexus vehicles are involved.

Toyota will inform owners of the involved vehicles with a Safety Recall notification via first-class mail beginning in early February. Owners are requested to contact their local Toyota dealer for repair. The repair will take approximately one hour, depending on the dealer’s workload.” (Source: PR Newswire)

If you are the owner of a Yaris, you can wait for your letter or contact your local Toyota dealership to make an appointment. If you have any further questions, please call the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331.

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