Toyota Recalls 3.2M Vehicles Worldwide Over Faulty Fuel Pumps
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March 5, 2020, 7:57 AM EST
Toyota Motor Corporation TM recently recalled 1.2 million vehicles, including trucks, SUVs, minivans and cars across the model line-ups of its namesake and Lexus brands in the United States, in order to fix fuel-pump issues. These vehicles have fuel pumps that can stop operating, causing the cars to stall, in turn, escalating the risk of a crash.
This January, the company recalled 700k vehicles in the United States over the same issue. Per the company, about 118,000 vehicles in the January recall shouldn’t have been included. However, the recall now covers 1.8 million in the United States and 3.2 million vehicles worldwide.
The Recalled Toyota Vehicles now Included are Certain Models from 2018 and 2019, including Camry, Highlander, Sequoia, Tacoma and Tundra Vehicles, along with 2019 Avalon and Corolla Sedans.
The Recalled Lexus Vehicles Include Certain 2018 and 2019 Models, namely
ES 350
GS 350
IS 300
IS 350
LC 500
LC 500h
LS 500
LS 500h
RC 300
RC 350
RX 350L.
The New Vehicles Recalled are in Addition to the
2013-2015 Lexus LS 460
2013-2014 Lexus GS 350
2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser and Lexus IS-F
2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser and Lexus GX 460, IS 350 and LX 570.
Other Vehicles Include the
2015 Lexus NX 200t and RC 350
2017 Lexus IS 200t and RC 200t
2017-2019 Toyota Sienna and Lexus RX 350
2018 Lexus GS 300.
The company will replace the faulty fuel pump with an improved one, and aims to contact the affected vehicle owners by May 2020.
