Toyota Recalls 533,000 Tundras, Sequoias

Six injuries and 11 accidents led Toyota to announce that it will recall certain 2004-06 Tundra trucks and 2004-07 Sequoia SUVs to repair faulty steering components. Reports state that a failure of unspecified components can make the large vehicles difficult to steer.

Unlike the Honda recall we posted yesterday, the fact that there have been injuries is significant, as is the size of the recall. We find it odd that both Honda and Toyota made the announcements early in 2007, after the total recall figures for 2006 were announced. If Toyota’s more than half-million recalled vehicles from this incident had been added to its 2006 tally it would have been much closer to GM and Ford’s 2006 recall figures.

All of the vehicles involved in the recall were built at Toyota’s Indiana assembly facility and comes just as Toyota is launching its all-new Tundra pickup being built at the company’s new San Antonio plant. The Sequoia will also be redesigned soon. The vehicles share many of the same parts.

[Toyota to Recall 533,000 SUVs, Trucks, CNNMoney.com]