The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced the completion of meetings with Toyota Motor Corporation and its agent local ALJ its commitment to a campaign calling the mandatory installation of system downtime smart (Brake Override System) on Toyota cars in the Kingdom to include more than 400 thousand cars, and ten types of Toyota cars, in addition to awareness campaign will continue until the completion of installation of the system on all cars for the definition of car users in the kingdom means safe to deal with cases of launching cars at high speeds without the ability of the pilot to stop it or control it, so that Saudi Arabia is the second country to take such measures after the United States, at which time Canada continues to consider taking similar measures.
The ministry said it had met over the past two months, with Toyota and its agent local to determine the scope of the recall campaign, and the mechanism for implementing the mandatory installation of a smart stop on Toyota cars in the Kingdom. And that awareness will be associated with the joint between the ministry and the ALJ and the participation of the relevant authorities to identify consumers in the Kingdom of mechanism to deal with the car in the event of sudden acceleration cases without the ability of the pilot to control.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced Toyota international company and its agent local ALJ to conduct a campaign to install a system to stop the smart cars by Toyota in the Kingdom, in order to reduce the risk of starting cars at high speeds without the ability of the pilot to stop it or control it, similar to that taken by Japanese company in the United States.
And the ministry confirmed that it will be required of each company maker to take international action similar application in the Kingdom, and it will take all necessary actions to ensure that Saudi consumers on their rights, stressing that the installation of a system to stop smart phone is a preventive measure to maintain the safety of motorists and roads drivers in the UK and do not require taking Currently any actions by consumers until the announcement of the campaign by the manufacturer and its agent in accordance with the local procedures in campaigns calling.
