The latest Toyota recall is the result of technicians not reprogramming the computer.
Toyota Motor Corporation is recalling 2008 through 2011 model year FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser, Tacoma, Sequoia and Tundra trucks because the tire pressure monitoring does not start illuminating the low tire pressure warning light at the required minimum tire pressure.
About 22,000 trucks are affected in the U.S. and had optional wheels with LT tires instead of the standard P-metric tires that are installed during truck manufacturing in California, Indiana and Texas. Either Toyota vehicle processing centers or Toyota dealers could have switched the wheels and tires.
It was dealer installed accessory floor mats that led to the recall of millions of Toyota and Lexus vehicles for stuck gas pedals and unintended acceleration.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 138 came about after the Ford/Firestone tread separation fiasco. FMVSS 138 requires that the tire pressure monitoring system must illuminate a low tire pressure warning light not more than 20 minutes after the inflation pressure in one or more of the vehicle’s tires, up to a total of four tires, is equal to or less than the pressure 25% below the vehicle manufacturer’s recommended cold inflation pressure.
Dealers will reprogram the tire pressure monitoring system free of charge as is required by U.S. regulations.
Toyota said in a filing with The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it did not know when owners will be notified. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
