Worldwide Power Steering Issue Safety Recall
 

In New Zealand we have just had announce a recall affecting 86s from 2012 to 2015 regarding a power steering issue. Recall says it affects 23,400 cars worldwide.

Edit: THIS RECALL IS FOR RHD VEHICLES ONLY

Details here - note the form linked to is for NEW ZEALAND ONLY.
http://www.toyota.co.nz/about-toyota...-GT-86-models/

Edit: Here's a link I just noticed for Australia that @shodan posted.
http://www.toyota.com.au/news/toyota...to-be-recalled
His full thread is here http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109206





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Doesn't look like it impacts North America or left hand drive Europe.

"The recall impacts right-hand drive vehicles that are equipped with driver’s knee airbags."

Don't panic guys these are very specific cars.

Crikey!
My VIN is part of the recall..
Wonder how long it will take for Toyota to contact me?

Sorry to hijack, but do US spec cars have driver knee airbags?

Pretty sure you don't have RHD in the US :D

@Boomerang also pretty sure that would have nothing to do with whether or not our cars also have driver knee airbags.

Just saying;

"The recall impacts right-hand drive vehicles that are equipped with driver’s knee airbags."

No they do not.

Way back in yore when I first started here (all of 2 years ago) there was a guy in Australia that actually had his steering lock up while driving at speed. We threw a bunch of theories at it (as we tend to do) but a bad harness was not one of them. Now we have the answer.

Sounds like the forum was on to it before Toyota !!

If I get really ambitious I will try to find it and see if anybody wins the 'Guess The Issue Before Toyota Knows' prize.

What's the prize, a free PS ECU?:D

And the winner is... @chaoskaze for the rather vague statement "electrical problem of some sort". Everybody else comes in second place for trying to be too specific.


Gonna give myself a shout out as well for my highly prophetic "Even if they find something it may not apply to us since it is right hand drive."


http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82667

lol timing. My second service is due in a month so will get it checked then I suppose.

Check your VIN;

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Yep, after seeing the extra info on the Australian notice I edited the OP to include that.

I saw that. Doesn't matter we could say it 1,000 times, hire a sky writer, blaze it across every screen and site on the internet and next week somebody in Donkeyville California will come on here and say "I hear there is a steering recall I hope my car is OK. What do I need to do?"

This reminds me of back-in-the-day, I got an urgent recall notice for my 1970 MGB-GT ....... that sometimes the steering wheel lock would lock up while driving and turning right...... :confused0068:

So I charted a route form the southern part of San Jose (where I lived) to the northern part of San Jose (the dealers location) ....... making ONLY left hand turns.

YES! it is a slow day in Puyallup ...... :sigh:


humfrz

See:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109221

Thanks for that, but my car is a BRZ. I'll call them with my VIN and check today though.

OH! ......those were recalled a couple of months ago ........ :eyebulge:



humfrz

Why don't US spec cars have driver's knee airbags?

I don't see why it wouldn't also effect the left-hand-drive, non-knee-airbag equipped vehicles too unless the extra wires from the airbag sensor/igniter are what is causing the electric power steering wires to rub/malfunction or something else causing an issue in that configuration. But if it's just the wires themselves, it seems like it could also happen to ours? Hmm...

Because Mr Toyoda doesn't love you!

Maybe you do, it is just the recall is for RHD with knee air bags as I assume they have isolated that particular wiring as being the problem.

That begs the question, why do any cars have driver's knee airbags ...... :iono:


humfrz

In case the driver's knee crashes.

I guess this means I can't put the Kangaroo in the front seat with me anymore..

He'll have to drive himself from now on........:thumbsup: