Toyota recalls 342,000 Tacoma trucks for faulty seat belts

Chicago, Aug  8 – Toyota Motor Corp. announced Wednesday that it is recalling 342,451 2005-2011 model Toyota Tacoma trucks for potentially faulty seat belts.

Toyota said screws that attach the seat belt pre-tensioner to the retractor within the assembly can become loose due to repeated and forceful closing of the access door, which may lead to detachment of the pre-tensioner and the retractor spring cover from the seat belt retractor, thus affecting seat belt performance.

Detroit News quoted a Toyota report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as saying that the Japanese automaker initially received two reports of the problem in the U.S. market, in November 2011 and in February 2012 respectively.
 (Xinhua) —