Toyota has recalled more than 100,000 Lexus trucks and cars over fears that dangerous machine debris was left in their engines during production.
The Japanese automaker recalled 102,000 2022-23 Tundra and LX vehicles in the U.S. over the issue on Thursday.
The manufacturing failure occurred during the V35A-FTS engine assembly process where debris may not have been removed.
“During a specific production period, there is a possibility that engine machining debris of a particular size and quantity may not have been removed from the engine during manufacturing,” the company explained.
The problem can cause the engine to knock, run rough, not start or lose power, it said in a statement.
The Japanese automaker recalled 102,000 2022-23 Tundra and LX vehicles in the US for this issue.
The problem may cause the engine to knock, run rough, not start, or lose power.
“The loss of drive power when driving at higher speeds may increase the risk of an accident,” Toyota warned in the recall notice.
Adding: “Toyota is currently developing the solution for this problem.”
Individual owners of the affected vehicles will be informed at the end of July, according to the statement.
For now, those who are concerned that their vehicle may be affected by the recall can enter their registration number at a dedicated page on the company site.
This comes as Toyota President Akio Toyoda was forced to apologize on Monday for large-scale cheating in certification tests.
The falsified tests included the use of inadequate or outdated data in crash tests, incorrect testing of airbag inflation and rear seat damage in accidents, as well as cheating in engine power tests. according to the associated press.
Toyota suspended production in Japan of the Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio and Yaris Cross, but said the issue does not affect the safety of existing vehicles.
Toyota President Akio Toyoda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
“We sincerely apologize,” Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder, said at a news conference Monday.
Adding: ‘We are not a perfect company. But if we see something wrong, we will take a step back and continue trying to correct it.”
Toyoda told reporters that the company was perhaps too eager to conduct the trials and shortened them at a time when model varieties were flourishing.
The testing issue does not affect Toyota’s overseas production.