Toyota recalls 1.7 million vehicles as quality woes mount

Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall more than 1.7 million vehicles worldwide.

The biggest recall among those announced Wednesday was to fix a faulty fuel pump and connecting pipe in 1.34 million vehicles, including the Noah minivan and other models sold in Japan as well as 141,000 Avensis units sold overseas. That is Toyota's biggest recall in six years and its second-biggest ever for a single defect, said Toyota spokeswoman Shiori Hashimoto.

Toyota said in a filing to Japan's transport ministry that no accidents had been reported because of the defects.

Toyota said it was also recalling around 335,000 Lexus units sold overseas, including about 245,000 sold in the United States, due to trouble with a fuel pressure sensor connected to an engine fuel delivery pipe.

In two other filings on Wednesday, Toyota said it would recall about 75,000 Crown models and about 6,200 Townace vans in Japan to fix the same fault found in Lexus cars sold in the U.S. and elsewhere.

This will make it harder for Toyota to convince investors it has put its quality problems behind it.

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