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NHTSA campaign 05V225000 · Toyota campaign 50J

Toyota Recall 05V-225: BALL JOINT FAILURE

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05V225000 (Toyota campaign 50J) was reported by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. on May 17, 2005, with 768,379 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Sequoia, Toyota Tundra and more for model years 2001–2004. Owners were notified on July 5, 2005, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V225000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
05V225000 (also written 05V-225 or 05V225)
Filed by
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Toyota campaign number
50J
Report received
Potentially affected
768,379 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Suspension — Front — Control Arm — Lower Ball Joint
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Engineering Analysis EA04-024 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V225000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Toyota

  • Toyota 4Runner

    • 2001 · Vehicles built May 22, 2001 – August 23, 2003 (per NHTSA)
    • 2002 · Vehicles built May 22, 2001 – August 23, 2001 (per NHTSA)

  • Toyota Sequoia

    • 2002, 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built August 1, 2001 – September 26, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Toyota Tacoma

    • 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built July 31, 2001 – December 23, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Toyota Tundra

    • 2002 · Vehicles built August 1, 2001 – September 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)
    • 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built August 1, 2001 – September 26, 2003 (per NHTSA)
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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V225000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE SURFACE OF THE BALL OF THE JOINT MAY HAVE BEEN SCRATCHED. THE BALL JOINT MAY EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND LOOSENESS, RESULTING IN INCREASED STEERING EFFORT.

Safety consequence

THE LOWER BALL JOINT MAY SEPARATE FROM THE KNUCKLE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 5, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

Notes

TOYOTA RECALL NO. 50J.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V225000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.