Aw Snap! Toyota recalling 15,600 Tundras for transmission shaft problems

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Toyota Announces Safety Recall On Selected Tundra Pickup Trucks

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., will launch a safety recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on certain 2007 model year Tundra four-wheel-drive pickup trucks. The campaign will involve approximately 15,600 units in the U.S. and does not involve any accidents or injures.

On certain 2007 model year Tundra vehicles, there is a possibility that a joint in the rear propeller shaft may have been improperly heat treated, resulting in insufficient hardness. In the worst case, a section of the rear propeller shaft may separate at the joint. There has been one case reported among all affected vehicles that may relate to this condition. The one case involved abnormal noise and did not involve an accident.

Owners will be notified via first class mail beginning in late-December 2007. Owners are requested to contact their local Toyota dealer for inspection upon receiving their notification. If the hardness is not correct, the dealer will replace the rear propeller shaft at no charge to the owner of the vehicle.

Customers with questions or concerns should contact the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331.
Aw Snap! Toyota recalling 15,600 Tundras for transmission shaft problems - Autoblog

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I think that your thread title is a little misleading. It sounds as though Toyota is talking about a drive line/u-joint problem, I never read anything about a problem with the transmission shaft problem in the article.

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Originally Posted by dascrow

Toyota Announces Safety Recall On Selected Tundra Pickup Trucks

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., will launch a safety recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on certain 2007 model year Tundra four-wheel-drive pickup trucks. The campaign will involve approximately 15,600 units in the U.S. and does not involve any accidents or injures.

On certain 2007 model year Tundra vehicles, there is a possibility that a joint in the rear propeller shaft may have been improperly heat treated, resulting in insufficient hardness. In the worst case, a section of the rear propeller shaft may separate at the joint. There has been one case reported among all affected vehicles that may relate to this condition. The one case involved abnormal noise and did not involve an accident.

Owners will be notified via first class mail beginning in late-December 2007. Owners are requested to contact their local Toyota dealer for inspection upon receiving their notification. If the hardness is not correct, the dealer will replace the rear propeller shaft at no charge to the owner of the vehicle.

Customers with questions or concerns should contact the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331.
Aw Snap! Toyota recalling 15,600 Tundras for transmission shaft problems - Autoblog

This is true. I called Toyota's 800 number and was told that the recall will be issued on Monday 12/17/2007 for certain 4 wheel drive models only. They will contact the affected customers using the VIN.

[Steven Mc]

Transmission???? please read

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NEWS: Toyota recalling 15,600 Tundra pickups

DETROIT (Reuters) -- December 14, 2007 -- Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday that it is recalling 15,600 Tundra pickup trucks in the United States because a rear propeller shaft may separate at the joint.

The recall involves 2007 model-year Tundra four-wheel-drive pickup trucks.

"There is a possibility that a joint in the rear propeller shaft may have been improperly heat treated, resulting in insufficient hardness," Toyota said in a statement.

This may cause a section of the rear propeller shaft to separate at the joint, it added.

No injuries or accidents have been connected to the recall.



PLEASE ALSO NOTE:

Some Tundras have a transmission shutter problem as well. I bought my 5.7L Tundra in September and had to take it back to the dealer 4 days later for a grinding and vibrating problem. They had to replace the transmission and torque converter due to the problem. Toyota sent me a letter saying that some of the Tundras had a shutter problem and they had to replace the torque converters to fix the problem!!!