Toyota to recall Land Cruiser Prado

[jaan99]

Toyota recalls 210,000 Prado SUVs worldwide for axle problem

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. will recall about 210,000 Land Cruiser Prados worldwide due to an axle problem, Japan's largest automaker said Tuesday.

About 100,000 vehicles will be recalled in Japan in addition to about 110,000 others, mainly in Australia, Europe and China, according to company spokesman Paul Nolasco.

The Prado is not sold in North America, nor are any Land Cruisers based on the Prado model, he said.

The vehicles were produced between April 1996 and January 1999, the company said in a statement.

The company said that a crack may occur in the Prado's rear axle shaft if it is repeatedly driven on winding roads in the mountains at a high speed, it said, warning that a wheel may come off in the worst case.

There have been three reported cases of troubles but no one has been injured, Nolasco said.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060516/UPDATE/605160428/1148/AUTO01

[portage1]

so yours and libra's Dads Prado in it too

[toofast]

Indus toyota should fix it.

[oodbalow]

The Prado is not well suited to heavy loads and vehicles built before about May 1998 had rear suspension problems that resulted in easy bottoming of the rear axle, even without a load. this was corrected to some degree on later models.

[nak]

but man that problem can arise in any vehicle provided used in that manner...btw what abt those vehicles which havent been imported by dealers...like most of the prados in Pk r imported by individulas n r already used in Japan or Uk..so i guess they wont come in that criteria

[nak]

oodbalow uncle the problem which u r mentioning is related to models before 1996 :p:p:p

[oodbalow]

uncle this is a universal fault aap bhai pehroo ya changa manga jidher say marzi import kar lo

[oodbalow]

The vehicles were produced between April 1996 and January 1999, the company said in a statement

yeh parho bhai, company waley pagal hain?? angrezi main likha hai mujhey to aaya nahi samajh:( aap is ko urdu main translate kar k mujhey bhi samjhaoo:P

[nak]

Reply By : oodbalow on 10/18/2006 7:09:54 AM
The Prado is not well suited to heavy loads and vehicles built before about May 1998 had rear suspension problems that resulted in easy bottoming of the rear axle, even without a load.

ada saaaiii i'm referring to this statement of urs...that tilted back problem came in prados before 1996

[oodbalow]

"this was corrected to some degree on later models"

aray chacha saaien, yeh bhi to parhoo na

[yoboy]

This news is about a year old now posted on 100's of sites on the net as well as many times on PakWheels already.

[AbidSiddiqui]

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