Japanese used car

Tokyo - Japanese automobile giant Toyota Motor said on Tuesday it will recall 187 131 of its vehicles in Japan due to a faulty power transmission drive which may prevent the cars from running.

Toyota will recall its passenger vehicles after it received 157 complaints for six of its domestic brand cars: Vitz, Platz, bB, Fancargo, ist, and WiLLCYPHA, built from mid-2002 to mid-2003, Toyota said.

“The cars have the possibility of not running because car parts would break when driving the steering wheel in a wide motion, since very watery lubricant was used on the car part connecting the axle with the front tire,” said Toyota spokesperson Ai Ishitoya.

Despite this recall, Toyota set a goal of selling 9.8 million vehicles worldwide in 2008, a 20% jump from last year, as it hones in on ailing General Motors’ crown as the world’s top automaker.