Toyota to recall 1.66 million vehicles globally

Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall 1.66 million Avalons, Highlanders and other vehicles, bringing its total for worldwide recalls in the past year to about 14 million. Most of the 1.66 million recalls announced on Thursday are in Japan and the United States, Toyota’s top market, in the latest blow to the reputation of a company once considered the gold standard of reliability.