A recall campaign will be held in Russia for 3.9 thousand Toyota Land Cruiser 300 and Lexus LX vehicles that can move automatically by putting the transmission lever in neutral. In this respect reports Rosstandart.
According to the agency, due to the design features of one of the brake clutch discs, when the transmission is put in neutral, the discs do not immediately separate from the plates and part of the torque continues to be transmitted to the wheels.
“If this occurs when the vehicle is on a level surface and the driver does not apply the service or parking brake, this may cause the vehicle to move slightly forward, increasing the risk of an accident,” Rosstandart said. An idiom.
An official Toyota representative in Russia will notify owners of the need to recalibrate the automatic transmission control unit.
Before this, Toyota had repeatedly encountered faced the problem of cars self-accelerating and had to recall millions of cars for repairs in the early 2010s.
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Source: Gazeta
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