Toyota recall RAV4 Also included Lexus HS 250h models

Toyota Recall again numerous vehicles in the garages. Want to check the tie rods on the rear axle 1.5 million vehicles worldwide are viewed, the German subsidiary of the Japanese carmaker announced on Wednesday in Cologne.

Toyota RAV4, Avensis and Auris affected
In Germany; around 70,000 cars in the model RAV4, Avensis and Auris T27 D-CAT were affected by the recall. In Germany, the Toyota recall together with support from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) by. In short, the KBA will inform the holder of the appropriate vehicles and ask them to contact their dealers in connection, it said.

Rear axle needs to be checked
the workshops are to be checked the tie rods on the rear axle. At the rear bumpers must at the end of an adjusting adjustment in the specified torque with two nuts are tightened. Stay out of this fixation could result in the game and created the position of the rear wheel to adjust the track. In Europe, however currently are no known accidents in this context, the report said.

In the USA, Lexus also with problems
In the U.S., the largest foreign market for Toyota, Lexus and the model is affected by the recall. As recently as March this year, the automaker 700,000 vehicles in the United States had ordered to the workshops. Since the breakdown series two years ago, Toyota is very sensitive to errors and has already launched several voluntary recalls. Thus, reputation damage as the year 2010 will be avoided. Many of the reported incidents of that time turned out later, but as an error, the driver, but Toyotas sales plummeted.