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More Toyota recall blues: Tundra, Sequoia called back again | Car News Blog at Motor Trend
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Owners will be notified of the recall in February, with replacement of the ball joints made at no charge.

The first Tundra and Sequoia recall took place in May of 2005 and also included the Tacoma and 4Runner. Over 750,000 from model years 2001-2004 were recalled at that time.

Toyota said that the defect was due to possible scratching of the ball joints during assembly.

Toyota has been largely impervious to the usual negative press involved with widespread recalls. Toyota sales continued to rise last year while recalls totaled over 760,000 vehicles in the U.

S. and over a million vehicles in Japan. While Toyota can withstand a few years of widespread recalls, its hard-earned reputation for quality could start to take a hit if the trend continues.


1. I had been trying to get a response from Fred Anderson Toyota for months with no luck. Emails, phone calls.

. none returned. We purchased our 2006 toyota sequoia there in Dec.

of 2005, and have had nothing but problems with the steering since day one. Our car has been in and out of dealerships since we bought it..

and they couldn't fix it and they wouldn't do anything about it. We emailed them and told them it was extremely dangerous..

that it was veering off the road and into other lanes and was making loud noises. I am so disqusted after hearing of this recall..

no one at the dealership has cared enough to even look into what we have been telling them for a year now! I have always owned Toyotas..

this is our second Sequoia..but NEVER AGAIN!

Someone should have taken responsibility much earlier. 2. maybe the media and everybody else will stop raving about toyota's quality now.

or maybe they'll just blame it on the americans who built it. oh, I get! so since toyota doesn't build cars in unionized states, then they have quality problems.

if only toyota used good ol' unions (that make car companies go bankrupt), then quality would be better. always blame it on the anti-unionizers..

. 3. Knowing the Japanese, they won't allow this to happen over a few years.

4. Third year in a row they're recalling over half a million vehicles, and this one just started. Wonder what's going to get yanked next.

5. Being a Service Director of both a GMC dealership and Toyota dealership with 35 years of experience I still firmly believe in Toyota's quality and commitment to quality. With the huge growth they have experienced in the last several years and the outsourcing of parts to American production, certain quality issues have cropped up.

My personal belief is that the producers of USA sourced parts need to be held to Toyotas higher standards and be held accountable when they fall short. Overall the shortcomings of Toyota are small in relation to the GM issues I have encountered in the last several years. I will continue to proudly state that I am a SERVICE DIRECTOR OF A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, and will gladly assist any customer with their needs.

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