Toyota Australia has recalled hundreds of thousands of superseded Yaris small car and Hilux utilities because of safety concerns.
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The company will recall around 179,000 Hilux utes built between April 2004 and December 2009 to replace a spiral cable between the steering wheel and steering column that Toyota says may become damaged with repeated turning of the steering wheel.
The cable is part of the car's supplementary restraint system and, if damaged, may cause the airbag not to deploy in a crash.
Toyota has also recalled 116,800 of its Yaris models built between June 2005 and May 2010 to replace a spring in the driver's seat track that may break with repeated operation to slide the seat back and forth.
