Lexus GX 460 Sales Suspended by Toyota
Toyota Motor Company decided to halted the sales of Lexus GX 460 worldwide after US magazine Consumer Reports gave the Lexus GX 460 SUV a rare ‘Don’t Buy: Safety Risk’ rating. On Wednesday Toyota’s suspended Lexus GX 460 sales in the United States and Canada. Today they announced that the company has decided to suspend the SUV’s sales worldwide, which means also in Russia and Middle East after North America,’ said Toyota spokeswoman Mieko Iwasaki, in reference to the other markets where the vehicle is sold.
Toyota suspends sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 worldwide amid roll-over concerns and says that it will test other SUV models. The other models include the Land Cruiser, Land Cruiser Prado and Rav4.
We are in the middle of analysing what the problem is. Once it becomes clear, the company will decide whether to recall and repair the cars,’ Iwasaki said. Concerned GX 460 owners will be offered a loan car in the interim.
The automaker will also ‘start testing all the other SUV models, including the Land Cruiser, Land Cruiser Prado and Rav4,’ she said, adding that Toyota will continue to sell those models.
Toyota, which overtook General Motors in 2008 as the top-selling automaker, has been bedevilled by a series of safety issues that have raised questions about whether it sacrificed its legendary quality to become world number one.
The 2010 Lexus GX 460 has been on sale for about three months in the US and, according to the consumer group, about 5,000 vehicles have been sold.
Versions of the Lexus GX have been on sale in North America since 2002.
Toyota is currently facing a record $16.4m (£10.7m) fine from the US Transport Department for failing to notify it about defective accelerator pedals.
The automaker has been hit with at least 97 lawsuits seeking damages for injury or death linked to sudden acceleration and 138 class action lawsuits from customers suing to recoup losses in the resale value of Toyota vehicles.
The company faces a record 16.4-million-dollar fine in the United States for its failure to notify authorities quickly about vehicle safety problems.
Toyota recently announced it would reshape its global operations as part of efforts to ‘regain consumer confidence’ by boosting transparency and speeding up the decision-making process for recalls.
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