Brake line recall

One day to come up with the cheapest fix possible, 5.9 months to validate that it's "good enough".

I'm surprised Toyota didn't swage a 180-deg hard elbow on the end of the hose to wrap it tighter.

 

That’s funny, but probably exactly true.

I’m also surprised that they couldn’t (or didn’t want to) be slightly creative with a hard elbow or relief bracket, or a hard line with a better angle to the rubber hose. But I suppose, it might cost slightly more…as they say 20 cents is 20 cents…

 

^20 cents a brake line gets you employee of the month at Toyota. Toyota has always been a cost-conscious company. That's why it took 52 years for heated steering wheel to appear on the Hilux/Tacoma. It's also why Toyota isn't in the same boat as Nissan, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Isuzu...

 

Heh. Koji Sato and Akio Toyoda sure never had to smuggle themselves out of the country in an instrument case to avoid an embezzlement scandal like the head of Nissan did that one time...

 

There are probably lots of options, all of which would need engineering validation and then be run through the supply chain (can we make this? for what cost? On what timeline? Will this impact other products?), and then produced, validated and distributed in the hundreds of thousands.


Honestly, 6 months seems totally reasonable. It’s a lot bigger job than people realize

 

I'm inclined to agree.

Now, what I want to know is when the change is going to be applied to everybody else. My truck's got 18" wheels and "isn't affected," but that extra 1/2" of clearance is likely still troublesome. I hope they don't leave all of us with bigger factory wheels out. Not being able to install 17" wheels safely when they're offered from the factory just because they can't be bothered is dumb.

 

They’ve already expanded it to 2wd and 18” wheels on July 2.
https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-recalls-certain-2024-2025my-toyota-tacoma-4-wheel-drive-trucks/

 

Only the rear on my 24 Sport Premium 18in. Not the front FYI.

 

The whole recall is rear only

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCMN-25V058-5021.pdf

 

There was never a recall on the front

 

I totally missed that. Good news!

I've got a 10k service appointment scheduled for October. I'll have to call them later on after they send out the recall notices to see if they can do that and the trailer software update at the same time. My dealer's got a nice lounge I can hang around in for a couple hours.

 

Dealer said they would have the parts on August 11th. I scheduled August 20th for the work just to be sure

 

I had mine done last Saturday.

 

Will they have the parts available on 20th? You might be scheduled for the 20th and show up for the recall repair and they might not have the parts needed and you'll have to reschedule. That's been my experience at Toyota service for warranty repairs I have also read the same thing posted by others.

 

And you might get to hear the most dreaded words in the history of car repair, "This is the first one of these I've done."

 

First brake line replacement? I'm only a backyard hobby work on my own vehicles only mechanic and I've done those.

 

If all the seasoned techs are replacing engine assemblies and rebuilding short blocks on Tundras you might find a new tech whose never done a brake line before performing the work on your truck.

 

I won't know until I get there. If they don't have the parts, I will leave and come back another time. Not a big deal to me.

 

No it's not a big deal. Toyota may have mentioned it to start with and I over looked it. Toyota or the dealer could say schedule an appointment so we can verify your warranty claim so we can order the parts that way we can schedule an appointment to complete the recal. Toyota or the dealer is the one who promps you to have the warranty work completed.

 

Your dealership lets you do that? Here, the dealerships believe they're in business for THEIR convenience not YOURS. They will say things like "You'll have to leave it for a few weeks until we can get to it". And when you say "Can't you just call the day before you're ready and I'll bring it in?" They will say "No, you have to leave it so it's waiting for us the second we decide to get to it". Because they will never, ever, call a customer with an update. It's that convenience thing again. You'll have to call them a hundred times before some dingbat decides to answer the phone. This is why I've had recalls on some vehicles that I've never done. I leave that up to the buying dealership when I trade them in. That and the probability that my vehicle would come out worse than it went in after the "techs" do what they do best. Carelessness, incompetence and indifference. FYI, little known fact, when you make an appointment with a dealership, that's not an appointment to get work done. That's an appointment to have a service advisor check in your vehicle. Every dealership will tell you that if you ask.