Brown is back in Canada, but can’t use his Lexus, despite having paid $4,000 in taxes, recall-related repairs and safety checks to import it legally into Canada. Transport Canada does warn of potential problems buying a vehicle in the U.S. and importing it into Canada. Takata had already initiated recalls for the driver’s side airbag inflator, affecting millions of cars around the world. The technology for the front passenger airbag inflator repair is not yet available. Sweet argued that Lexus vehicles with Takata front passenger airbag inflators are not a safety risk in Canada because of our cold climate.

Source: thestar November 22, 2016 13:18 UTC