Toyota recalls and advisories timeline

Toyota has announced it is recalling 7.43 million cars worldwidealmost 240,000 in Canada alonedue to a faulty power-window switch.

The recall announced Wednesday is the latest quality woe for Japan's largest automaker.

Here are a list of some of themajorsafetyrecalls and advisories Toyota has issued in recent years:

• October 2012: Toyota issues a recall of 7.4 million vehicles worldwide, and 240,000 in Canada, over afaulty power-window switchon which grease was not evenly applied during production, causing friction and smoke.
• February 2011: Toyota issued a recall for 147,000 cars in Canada because oflinks to the company's unintended acceleration problems that originally surfaced in 2009.
• January 2011: Toyota recalls nearly 1.7 million vehicles worldwide11,700 of which in Canada for various defects that may causefuel leakage.
• August 2010: Toyota recalls 1.13 million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks globally and roughly 200,000 in Canada because the engines were atrisk of stalling.
• April 2010: Toyota recalls 870,000 of itsSienna minivansin Canada and the U.S. due to a potential problem with the cable that secures the spare tire.
• February 2010: Toyota recalls about437,000 Prius and other modelsglobally to fix brake problems.
• January 2010: Toyota recalls approximately 2.3 million vehiclesin the U.S. and Canadaon specific models including the RAV4, Corolla and Avalon, over accelerator problems.
• January 2010:Japan'slargest automaker laterannounced the recall of an additional1.09 million carsin the U.S., and 270,000 in Canada, over accelerator pedal problems.
• January 2010: Toyotasuspends the sales of eight recalled vehicle modelsin Canada and the U.S. over sticking accelerator pedals.
• November 2009: Toyota announces it will replace gas pedal on3.8 million recalled vehiclesin the U.S. to deal with sudden acceleration or the pedal becoming stuck in the floor mat. The number was later raised to 4.2 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles.