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http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/18/news/international/toyota.reut/index.htm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest auto manufacturer, said Tuesday it will recall about 1.41 million cars globally -- its biggest recall ever -- including the Corolla and 15 other models due to trouble with their headlight switching systems.
The recall, filed with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, was the biggest for a Japanese auto manufacturer and beat Toyota's previous record recall of 797,707 vehicles in 1999, a spokesman said.
Toyota played down the recall's impact on its earnings, while declining to disclose the specific recall cost.
"The part to be replaced, the headlight switch, is not that expensive," the spokesman said. "So we don't expect any major impact on our earnings."
Toyota (Research) has said it will try in the year to March 2006 to match last year's record net profit of
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest auto manufacturer, said Tuesday it will recall about 1.41 million cars globally -- its biggest recall ever -- including the Corolla and 15 other models due to trouble with their headlight switching systems.
The recall, filed with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, was the biggest for a Japanese auto manufacturer and beat Toyota's previous record recall of 797,707 vehicles in 1999, a spokesman said.
Toyota played down the recall's impact on its earnings, while declining to disclose the specific recall cost.
"The part to be replaced, the headlight switch, is not that expensive," the spokesman said. "So we don't expect any major impact on our earnings."
Toyota (Research) has said it will try in the year to March 2006 to match last year's record net profit of
