Model year 2008-2019 Toyota Land Cruisers and Lexus LX 570s recalled

The front passenger, knee and passenger seat-mounted side airbag may fail to deploy

12/21/2018

James Limbach Reporter

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing is recalling 89,740 model year 2008-2019 Toyota Land Cruisers and Lexus LX 570.

Over time, the seat belt tension sensor wire harness may break and deactivate the front passenger airbag, knee airbag, and passenger seat-mounted side airbag.

In the event of a crash, deactivated air bags can increase the risk of injury .

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The remedy for this recall is still under development.

Interim notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 11, 2019. A second notification will be mailed once remedy parts are available.

Owners may contact Toyota customer service at (888)270-9371 or Lexus customer service at (800)255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are Lexus Interim J2L and Remedy JLL, Toyota Interim J15 and Remedy J05.

James Limbach

A Washington, D.C., reporter for more than 30 years, Jim Limbach covers the federal agencies for ConsumerAffairs. Previously, he was a reporter and news anchor for Associated Press Broadcast Services, where he covered business and consumer news as well as space shots and other major spot news events.

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