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UMW Toyota Motor Recalls Avanza Produced From October 2017 To June 2019 To Replace Their Fuel Pump

Jasmin Teoh

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UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT), distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Malaysia has announced a recall to replace the fuel pump for Toyota Avanza. 


This Special Service Campaign (SSC) is an expansion of an earlier campaign. There are 3,923 units of Toyota Avanza manufactured from October 2017 to June 2019 affected, based on the information from Toyota Motor Corp. Models not listed here are not affected by this campaign. 



The subject vehicles are equipped with a fuel pump which may stop operating. If this happens, warning lights and messages may be displayed on the instrument panel and engine power hesitation. Also, it may result in the vehicle stalling and being unable to restart. 


UMWT officially notified all its affected vehicle owners to replace the fuel pump unit at no charge. 


For more information, owners who own affected cars may contact any authorised Toyota Service  Centre or call the Toyota Freephone at 1800-8-TOYOTA (869682).  


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