Fuel pump recall expanded by over a million

fuel pump is fine, but that don’t matter if the fuel door doesn’t work.

 

Yet!!

 

Right but it would seriously disrupt their business if they threw everything at them at once.

 

I was at the dealer last week for a Toyota Care service. The service writer looked up my truck and told me “no outstanding recalls”. I just figured, ok cool and drove my 2019 with 17k (so far flawless) miles on it home.

 

Just saw the news as well; Toyota is adding 1.5 million U.S. vehicles to recalls from early this year to fix fuel pumps that can fail and cause engines to stall.

And still no fix.

 

how will the new fuel pump effect performance?
MPGs? HP?

 

We do not know what we are not told.

Here is a great post from @MOC221_ with more background and reasoning. In my mind from what was said, it is all but stated to be an ethanol issue. Tolerance problem and swelling / cracking.

 

My bad - the article mentions July 2017 through September 2020, I did not look at each model...

 

My dealer just advised there is no fix yet for my 2018?

 

This is wide spread. The cover up seems to be the issue. Over 250K on an older early 90s Toyota pickup. Never had a problem with the fuel pump.

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit...ota-class-action-alleges-defective-fuel-pump/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...fuel-pump-in-flagship-vehicles-301050472.html

https://www.classaction.org/news/to...safe-and-dependable-class-action-lawsuit-says

 

Just curious, but why do you think this is a cover up? They started studying it in July 2019 and released a recall early this year. I would bet that the virus situation played a role in the slow phasing?

 

Just got my Tacoma back and now my 4Runner is listed!!!

 

Subaru did the same thing with a software bug that would starve the fuel pump and cause stalling. They've known about it for years but said not enough vehicles were affected for a recall. I was stranded in a 115 degree desert this summer. A very dangerous situation. Subaru dealer played dumb acting like they have never heard of this issue.

The problem is defect parts and software knowingly get used in manufacturing. Once the parts roll off the line defective they are getting used. No one will eat the cost of the bad parts. The consumer ends up taking the loss in coverups and recalls.

The case claims that while the automaker possessed knowledge of the low-pressure Denso fuel pump defect, Toyota sold and leased vehicles to the general public without disclosing that the above-listed models, as well as the hybrid variants of the cars, were inherently defective. Given that Toyota has to date failed to identify a remedy for the fuel pump problem, owners and lessees of affected vehicles may be unknowingly driving “ticking time bombs” that have decreased in intrinsic and resale value, the suit alleges.

According to the complaint, Toyota has not notified owners and lessees of recalled vehicles of the fuel pump defect. The case contests that Toyota’s business strategy in pulling the cars was to “remain silent and keep consumers in the dark” about the problem until sometime after it identified the issue internally and shared such with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

 

I had my 2019 in for service a couple of weeks ago and they told me about the recall and order the new pump. Said it would take about a week to get it. Never heard from them and call the parts department today and the guy told me they have plenty of fuel pumps and they come in a day after they are ordered. Great communication...

 

Toyota could just throw a lockable cooler on the same side of the bed that the fuel tank is on. Problem solved!

 

Part i don't get, if theres no remedy available and later 2020 tacos aren't included on this list, why can't toyota source those later taco fuel pumps?

 

What's the fuss about? This is NOT the end of the world.

 

It’s the same fuel...

 

A quote would have been nice.


This was not years and the recall has been highly publicized. Stop sale orders are not just Toyota's purview. The NHTSA could have recommended it.

Lack of identification? It was noted to be a LPFP problem from the start.

Yes. Getting the replacement pumps has taken a while and folks have gotten stranded. None of this smacks of a conspiracy.


Just curious. Do you have a 3rd Gen or an affected 3rd Gen?



Like you and your Subbie, I was stranded in BFE with a mechanical FP failure 25yrs or so ago. It wasn't the end of the world.


About all that I can really say is that we have grown soft.

 

I look at it this way, if it gives me no issue even under the recall, I have a replace the fuel pump card to play anytime I want for as long as I own the truck, now we just need something that replaces the transmission and engine and there is no need to buy anything else...lol

I had the same thing with wrist pin recall on a HD ram, they never gave me an issue and the remedy was engine replacement and it was a valid recall, I held that in my back pocket so that when the engine got tired, I could get a new one....