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Toyota also announced a recall affecting 270,000 MY 2006-2012 Lexus IS models. This recall concerns loose nuts on the wiper blades, which can cause the wipers to fail, especially if there is a heavy buildup of snow. On March 15, 2013, Toyota announced a recall of 209,000 vehicles in the US. The recall affects MY 2007-2013 FJ Cruiser models.
Toyota was also forced to pay a total of $66.2 million in fines to the Department of Transportation for failing to handle recalls properly and $25.5 million to Toyota shareholders whose stock lost value due to recalls. Nearly 400 wrongful-death and personal injury cases were also privately settled by Toyota as a result of unintended acceleration.
Toyota marketed the front-drive Avalon as a replacement for its rear-drive Cressida, a model discontinued for the American market in 1992. The Cressida was an upper-level, mid-size, rear-wheel drive sedan. The Avalon has at times overlapped Toyota's models using the same platform, including the Camry V6 and the Lexus ES.
The recall applies to vehicles manufactured between 2022 and 2024. Separately, Toyota also announced a recall on 19,000 certain Mirai and Lexus LS, LC, and ES models in North America made between ...
Over 1.8 million cars may be at risk.
Owners of vehicle models covered in recall should get sensors checked. Toyota and Lexus dealers will replace device if found defective. ... Toyota. Avalon, Avalon Hybrid: 2020-2021. Camry, Camry ...
The marketing name for the transmission is the "Direct Shift – 8AT 8-speed automatic transmission" [3] [4] Unlike the UB 80 transmission, which was developed for Toyota by Aisin AW, the UA 80 was developed in a joint venture between Toyota and Aisin AW. Due to global application, development was done in a global fashion involving engineering ...
This transmission was used in the Altezza AS200 and RS200. The same Aisin AZ6 transmission is also found in other models such as the Mazda MX-5 (Miata), Nissan Silvia, Mazda RX-8, Lexus IS and Toyota 86/Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ. Models: J160 6-speed; There was also a J30 3-speed manual transmission used in 1969-1975 Land Cruisers.