Toyota recalls 550,000 vehicles over steering

Toyota said today it is recalling about 550,000 cars globally because of certain steering related issues, which are making the vehicles harder to steer. Dion Corbett, a spokesman for Toyota said that this recall will affect 25,000 in New Zealand and Australia, 447,000 vehicles in North America and also 38,000 cars in Japan. Most of the vehicles that are being recalled are from the United States. Also included in the recall are 14,000 vehicles in Asia excluding Japan along with some 14,000 in Europe and another 14,000 in the Middle East.