Switches May Cause Fires in Toyotas

ON "DAYBREAK," POST GAME RETRACTION THE TIGERS' CLUB HOUSING. TONIGHT TOYOTA IS RECALLING MORE THAN 7 MILLION CARS. THE LARGEST VEHICLE RECALL SINCE THE 1990s. SOME OF YOU COULD HAVE ONE OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE PROBLEM: WINDOW SWITCHES THAT CAN CATCH FIRE. 161 FIRES REPORTED. NINE PEOPLE HURT. TONIGHT, "24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" RYAN TAKEO WENT TO A LOCAL THAT CANTIC WHO BROUGHT DOWN WHAT IS AT ISSUE HERE AND HE IS LIVE. Reporter: HI, BRIAN, GOOD EVENING. 2007, PART OF THE RECALL. THE PROBLEM LIES HERE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW CONTROL THAT COULD CAUSE FIRES BUT A LOCAL MA CAN UK WE TALKED TO TODAY SAID YOU WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM IF THE WINDOW SWITCH IS STICKING AND IF YOU SPRAYED LUBRICANT IN IT. FOR ALLEN AT AUTOMOTIVE IN CASCADE TOWNSHIP, IT IS EASY TO REMOVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW PANEL. PRETTY SIMPLE TO DISASSEMBLE AND GET OUT OF THE CAR. TOYOTA ANNOUNCED A RECALL TODAY. SAYING IT CAUSED FRICTION, MOST TIMES, HE EXPLAINED, TOYOTA CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN THE SWITCH WOULD STICK. THEY DIDN'T LOOK THE WAY THE SWITCHES FELT. Reporter: SOMETIMES EITHER CUSTOMERS OR REPAIR SHOPS WOULD SPRAY GREASE WHICH MAKES IT WORSE. SOMETHING ELECTRICAL, IT IS NOT TOO SMART TO GO SPRAYING ARROW SOL CAN INTO IT. THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN. -- Reporter: AS HE SHOWED, THE INSPECTION PROCESS SIMPLE ENOUGH FROM TAKING THE PANEL OUT TO REGREASING IT. A PROCESS MANY TOYOTA TECHNICIANS FOUND THEMSELVES DOING IN THE MONS AHEAD. DOING IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. IF YOUR CARES ON THE RECALL LIST, YOU WILL GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL TELLING TO YOU TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THAT LETTER SHOULD COME LATER THIS MONTH. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT, WE GOT A LIST OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES ONLINE AT WOODTV.COM.