Toyota to Replace Hoses .... NOT a Recall

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Mar 1, 2010 | 04:51 PM

GS69

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Toyota to Replace Hoses .... NOT a Recall

Toyota to Replace Oil Hoses in 933,800 Vehicles
No Recall Issued

As if Toyota owners did not have enough to be concerned about, 933,800 Camry, Avalon, Rav4, and Lexus vehicles equipped with V6 engines have been targeted for repair by ToMoCo. The affected vehicles have a defect in the oil hose whereby the rubber portion thereof could potentially develop a hole and cause leakage to the point of engine failure.

Toyota had sent a letter out to dealers regarding the issue, stating that the company will be replacing the defective hoses. A spokesperson was very careful to make it known that the oil hose issue is not a safety one, and therefor a recall will not be issued.

The limited service campaign laid out for the dealers covers ’07-’10 Camrys, ’05-’09 Avalons, ’06-’09 Rav4s, ’07-’09 Lexus ES 350s and ’07-’09 Lexus RX 350s. The campaign, which will run until March 31, 2013, will allow owners to get their oil hosed replaced at Toyota dealerships at no cost.

Mar 1, 2010 | 05:20 PM

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It's a pretty bad design flaw with the 2GR, and I'm surprised it took this long for them to do something about it. I do hope people out of warranty will be covered by this.

Mar 1, 2010 | 05:30 PM

Faymester

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... but not a recall, interesting

Mar 1, 2010 | 06:14 PM

ceo2be

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Whatever they want to call it, face it, it's a recall.

Mar 1, 2010 | 10:23 PM

spwolf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PhantomZX

It's a pretty bad design flaw with the 2GR, and I'm surprised it took this long for them to do something about it. I do hope people out of warranty will be covered by this.

oil hose is not an flaw in the engine... GR is rock solid, proven engine design.

Mar 2, 2010 | 12:16 AM

TRDFantasy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PhantomZX

It's a pretty bad design flaw with the 2GR, and I'm surprised it took this long for them to do something about it. I do hope people out of warranty will be covered by this.

Right, because the oil hose is part of the engine block, oh wait ...

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This is a design flaw with the oil hose, not with the GR.

If you meant to bring up the VVT-i issues on the GR, that's a different matter and a separate subject.