Toyota to Put New Engines in 100,000 Tundra Trucks and Lexus SUVs

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In early June, Toyota announced a recall of nearly 100,000 Tundra pickup trucks and about 3,500 Lexus luxury SUVs to fix a problem that could cause their engines to lose power while driving.

At the time, Toyota said it was working on a solution to the problem. It now says the solution is simply to replace the entire engine in each of the 103,500 large trucks and SUVs.

The affected vehicles include the 2022 and 2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX 600. According to Toyota, the recall only affects regular gasoline-powered versions, not hybrid versions. (The Tundra is available in two versions, a gasoline-only version and an iForce Max hybrid.)

In some of these vehicles, debris from the manufacturing process may be left inside the engine where it can cause knocking or popping noises, the engine not running smoothly and even stalling completely while driving.

Toyota dealers will replace the engine at no cost to vehicle owners. The company has not provided any information on how much it will cost to replace the engines in all of these vehicles.

It is unusual, but not uncommon, for an automaker to have to replace engines in a recall. For example, in 2015, Hyundai recalls 470,000 cars Sonata models have had a similar problem, and in this case, it was said that the engines may need to be replaced in some of these cars. Last year, Honda recalls 250,000 cars A problem that may, in some cases, lead to the need to replace the engines.