Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 6.5 million vehicles world-wide over power-window switches at risk of fire, the auto maker said Wednesday, the latest in a series of similar recalls involving around 14 million cars.<br />All the problematic switches have been supplied to Toyota by Tokai Rika Co., the two companies said.<br />The number of recalls has been growing, in part because some auto makers are more proactive in recalling vehicles following a series of industrywide scandals, and partly because companies use more common components among models.<br />That can lead auto makers to recall a relatively big number of vehicles when problems are found in a part.<br />In the vehicles recalled Wednesday, a component inside the power-window switch on the driver’s side didn’t have enough grease applied to it.<br />That could result in the switch overheating and melting, possibly leading to fire, Toyota said.
