120 Towbar recall

[Rusty Olds Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rusty Olds]

Went to the dealer today and spoke to the service manager who I have known for years. He indicated that they were "Gearing up for it", his words. Mine is booked in for a 4 hr recall inspection first week of Nov. he will also swap my WDH for a genuine Toyota item, part of the recall apparently.

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[waltec Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close waltec]

The recalls that end up on the government website are safety critical. If it is not there, then there would be some sort of a service bulletin.

How is checking and or replacing a towbar not a critical safety issue, especially when the trailer safety chains also connect to the same towbar. Surely a trailer up to 2.5t breaking away from a car is a safety issue.

(Andrew this isn't aimed at you in particular)

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Dunno. I guess if a trailer is disconnected completely, the drawbar will dig into the road surface and slow down. It might smash into oncoming traffic if it happens around a left hand bend or hit cars on the next lane on any bend. I'm guessing there's certain criteria that needs to be met before it needs to be in the Recall website.

[holidaywagon Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close holidaywagon]

Yep, had my '07 120 in for the 170000k service last week and they checked the bolts. Said they would replace a WDH if I'd had one, but I don't. Had a look underneath when I got home and it does look like they've been working on the bolts. Was told it was all good _______ fingers crossed.

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Had a look underneath when I got home and it does look like they've been working on the bolts. Was told it was all good _______ fingers crossed.

Were the bolts replaced with new ones?

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Were the bolts replaced with new ones?

I didn't remove the bumper. Only looked underneath and saw they've had a spanner on those. Not replaced.

Andrew

[CaLLaN 52 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaLLaN 52]

Hi All,

Called in at my local Dealer, said my 09 120 was on the check list, was told they needed the car for about an hour, have to book it in soon as I pick up a Cub Camper mid Nov.

Cheers

Steve J

[macaroon1 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close macaroon1]

FWIW.. .not much... I spoke to a 04 Prado owner today (Non PP member) and he swears his was done years ago when his mounts for the Sovereign bar were done. Must have been a diligent dealer, I guess they've known the issue for years just are now starting the 'official, we'll check for free recall'....aren't we caring folks et al.

[r4ndll Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close r4ndll]

Mines having the 90,000 service done on Thursday. I wasn't going to have it dealer serviced but after reading this thread called Toyota. Gave them my rego and first thing they told me was that there's a recall, without me even mentioning it. Just a check apparently, and they'll order the parts if they need to after checking

[FC_Holden Member Find all posts View Profile Close FC_Holden]

Ours has been in twice in the last week, first time checked bolts under bumper, second time they replaced the bolts and the towbar housing. Now they have order a new WDH which I will exchange for our old shepherds crook style WDH, will keep the HR WDH for the ute.

[yowie Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close yowie]

Can someone please post a photo of the Toyota WDH, to compare with my Hayman Reese WDH. Have not seen the Toyota one.

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This is the Toyota LDH picture from the facelifted 150 accessories page

[PradoGXL08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PradoGXL08]

Hi All,

I too have just my Toyota Dealer, and they have advise me that mine is also due for checking.Letter from Toyota hasn't arrived as yet.
They said to allow 2-3 hours for it.

As I need to get the Outside Temperture sensor replaced for the A/c System, (it reads anywhere between normal and -30, but mainly -20 to -30, which causes the heater to run at max heat) both will be done together next week.

Stuart

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Here's the contents of the CSE provided by my local dealer
"BACKGROUND
Toyota has decided to initiate a Customer Service Exercise to inspect and if necessary correct the Toyota genuine accessory tow bar and mountings that may have been affected by incorrect use of aftermarket load distribution. Clarify the owner’s manual towing instructions, offer to exchange the aftermarket load distribution hitch with a genuine unit and provide a copy of the Toyota towing guide for future reference .

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
Customers who use aftermarket load distribution hitches (LDH) when towing and incorrectly operate the vehicle with the LDH engaged, such as when traversing over steep driveways, spoon drains or large undulating road surfaces may experience the tow bar mounting bolts loosening and in some circumstances result in damage or breakage of the tow bar tongue or hitch receiver. This condition may result in a low speed separation of the caravan or trailer from the vehicle."


And the process is

The recall will always be a two step process for normal customers, we can order the bolts which every vehicle requires then once inspected we can order the load distribution hitch if required.

For anyone in the northern Adelaide suburbs, speak to Ash at the Service dept at Peter Kittles and he will be more than willing to help PradoPoint members streamline the recall process to make it a one visit affair.