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.