New Toyota Recall, This Time It’s 270,000 Engines Gone Wrong
By Chris Weiss
We’ve already had floor mat, braking, steering and fire hazard safety problems from Toyota in the past year, why not an engine issue? According to Japanese reports, that’s what’s next on the docket for the troubled automaker. Toyota will reportedly recall 270,000 vehicles next week for engine deficiencies on an unspecified list of vehicles that looks to be largely Lexus. The recall will involve the Toyota Crown and seven Lexus models, according to the Huffington Post. The LA Times lists the models as the Lexus GS 350, GS 450h, GS 460, IS 350, LS 460, LS 600h and LS 600h L, but doesn’t give specific years.
The specific problem is actual a rather big irony: the engines in the vehicle can stall during driving, which if you think about it, could be called unintended stopping–the other end of the spectrum from the unintended acceleration that captured so many headlines earlier this year. The problem applies to 180,000 global vehicles and 90,000 in Japan. We’ll undoubtedly hear more about this one soon. [via Huffington Post]
