The steering system contains an intermediate shaft, which connects the steering wheel to the steering gear box. A joint in the intermediate shaft consists of a sleeve, stopper plate and shaft which are welded together. Due to inappropriately maintained welding equipment on a particular production day at the supplier, the intermediate shaft in the involved vehicles could have received an inadequate weld at the joint. If the vehicle is continuously operated in this condition, the welding on the joint portion could separate, resulting the steering control to be inoperative

There are 117 FJ vehicles covered by this Special Service Campaign.

ALJ announce advising owners to make an appointment with his authorized Toyota dealer to replace the intermediate shaft at NO CHARGE.

No. There are no advanced warnings prior to the existence of this condition.

The repair will take approximately 1.5 hour. However , depending upon the dealer’s work schedule, it may be necessary to make the vehicle available for a longer period of time.