2022 Toyota Tundra, 2022 Lexus NX recalled for parking brake issue

The redesigned 2022 Toyota Tundra pickup truck and redesigned 2022 Lexus NX compact crossover are becoming recalled for a defective sensor that could stop the electronic parking brake from staying engaged, the NHTSA disclosed on Monday. If the parking brake won’t be able to be engaged, and the driver ignores or disregards the warning lights in the cluster, the vehicle could roll absent when parking on an incline. 

The electronic handle device in the digital parking brake system could falsely detect an overcurrent, which would result in the method to shut down so as not to direct to a short circuit and attainable fire. In this wrong point out, the failsafe stops the electronic parking brake from partaking or disengaging. The false examine triggers a “Parking brake malfunction, pay a visit to your seller” message in the instrument cluster, and/or it illuminates a malfunction indicator light-weight in the cluster.

If the driver ignores these warnings, and if the driver parks on an incline and thinks they have engaged the parking brake and all the things is fine, it is not. The truck or crossover can roll absent. 

The situation influences 83,725 cars overall, but no hybrid models are included in the recall. The bulk of the volume—64,330 units—is of the 2022 Toyota Tundra. This is the fourth recall for the redesigned pickup truck since it went on sale at the close of previous calendar year. Two of the remembers involved the surround-view camera process, while the most important remember pertained to a rear-axle housing that could independent from the shaft. 

Entrepreneurs will receive notification by mail as early as October 31, 2022. Toyota and Lexus dealers will reprogram the handle unit at no price tag to entrepreneurs. For additional details, contact Toyota’s shopper services at 1-800-331-4331 or go to Toyota’s recall web site.