Another Toyota Recall: 9,400 Lexus GX460s for Rollover Risk
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From: ransley on 20 Apr 2010 21:00 On Apr 19, 9:03 pm, "C. E. White" <cewhite3rem...(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > It is good that Toyota has idendified the problem and a fix. I am curious > why they aren't recalling 4Runners as well. It is my understanding that the > GX460 is basically a pimped out version of the 4Runner with a V8 (they > dropped the V8 option from the 4Runner for 2010). Since they are not > recalling the 4Runners does this imply the 4Runners get different software, > or that they respond differently becasue of the differences in the vehicles. > I compared the specs, and in addition to the V-8, the GX-460 is taller (by > 2.7"), heavier (by 500 lbs), and has a narrower track than the 4Runner ( by > 0.8"; I assume this is a tire thing, since the actual suspension appears to > be the same basic design). > > Ed > > "john" <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:ec3d3d8b-0764-4be5-9fc9-44dd4f35e885(a)m24g2000prc.googlegroups.com... > "Toyota said it is recalling voluntarily about 9,400 of its 2010 Lexus > GX460 SUVs to adjust software that will improve the reaction of a skid- > prevention system. > > Toyota told its Lexus dealers last Thursday to stop selling the SUV > after Consumer Reports issued a rare do not buy warning to its > readers because the GX460 showed an unacceptable risk of rolling over > in certain maneuvers performed by the magazines test drivers. > > http://www.freep.com/article/20100419/BUSINESS0104/100419050/1210/bus... What I read is the 4 runner is fine, they say its the software, but of course they just didnt know, until somebody told them, this is negligence. |