[glenn t]

Reuters and Money US News is posting that Toyota has a fix for the wheel issue and are resuming production on Thursday Oct 6. Also during this down time they found another possible issue with the air bag that is also being corrected.

 

[rfrancis073]

Details posted in the recall thread of the recall section of the forum.

great news!

 

[Bam]

sweet! Good news at last

being a toyota/subaru the airbag was bound to need a recall so it’s a good thing they are doing it now.

 

[rfrancis073]

sweet! Good news at last

being a toyota/subaru the airbag was bound to need a recall so it’s a good thing they are doing it now.

it’s actually not a direct airbag issue. The A pillar plastic covering over the airbag has a potential wrongly installed strap that keeps it from hitting the occupant during airbad deployment. The fix is to remove cover, inspect strap and correct if installed incorrectly.

 

[rfrancis073]

Toyota USA press release.

Toyota provides update on safety recall involving 2023 model year bZ4X vehicles - Toyota USA Newsroom

PLANO, Texas (October 6, 2022) – Today, Toyota provided an update on a previously announced safety recall involving certain 2023 model year bZ4X vehicles in the U.S. Approximately 260 vehicles are involved in this recall. The hub bolts attaching the wheels […]

pressroom.toyota.com

 

[JIm_in_PA]

Toyota restarts output of first EV after fixing safety issues

Toyota Motor Corp said it would restart production of its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X, on Thursday after fixing potential safety problems that had halted sales of the new battery-powered model for more than three months.

www.reuters.com

 

[R P]

It had to happen eventually. Now we can get back to talking about the loss of the $7500 tax credit in the US, and all the other shortcomings of the Solterra. And not to mention higher leasing and financing costs going forward.

 

[ZilverZurfer]

Oh joy! Here I was, on the verge of signing up for a BYD when the books open up next week (with guaranteed delivery this year). Here's hoping everyone else in line for a Solterra has pulled out, and I'm first to get mine.

 

[LegalEagle2]

More info on the fix here:

Toyota finally found a way to keep wheels from falling off its electric SUV

Toyota finally found a way to keep wheels from falling off its electric SUV | CNN Business

Last June, Toyota warned owners of its first mainstream electric vehicle, the BZ4X, to stop driving their SUVs and have them transported to dealers because of a scary problem: the wheels could fall off after driving even just a few miles.

www.cnn.com

 

[JayEM]

More info on the fix here:

Toyota finally found a way to keep wheels from falling off its electric SUV

Toyota finally found a way to keep wheels from falling off its electric SUV | CNN Business

Last June, Toyota warned owners of its first mainstream electric vehicle, the BZ4X, to stop driving their SUVs and have them transported to dealers because of a scary problem: the wheels could fall off after driving even just a few miles.

www.cnn.com

Interesting headline.

 

[CTValleySubaruGuy]

Interesting headline.

I think you meant to say "stupid, click-bait headline"!

 

[CTValleySubaruGuy]

It had to happen eventually. Now we can get back to talking about the loss of the $7500 tax credit in the US, and all the other shortcomings of the Solterra. And not to mention higher leasing and financing costs going forward.

Or not. There's nothing more to say on that subject, and not everyone shares your gloomy outlook. Let the poor, dead horse rest in peace.

 

[JayEM]

Or not. There's nothing more to say on that subject, and not everyone shares your gloomy outlook. Let the poor, dead horse read in peace.

Read? Or rest?

 

[JayEM]

I think you meant to say "stupid, click-bait headline"!

I was just trying to be polite! What I really meant was "interesting choice of words", but yours is better.

 

[CTValleySubaruGuy]

Read? Or rest?

Yeah, autocorrect got me on that one. I have no idea what the yutzes who designed Android's autocorrect were smoking.

 

[JayEM]

Yeah, autocorrect got me on that one. I have know idea what the yutzes who designed Android's autocorrect were smoking.

You should see the interesting things that happen when you have a different language enabled! I'm using Duolingo and I keep forgetting to switch my keyboard language back to English.

 

[rfrancis073]

Or not. There's nothing more to say on that subject, and not everyone shares your gloomy outlook. Let the poor, dead horse rest in peace.

I suspect credit will be changed to a phased out type after elections. Too many politicians already pushing it not to mention EU, Japanese and Korean governments.

 

[rfrancis073]

US updated recall documents are up. Link in recall thread.

summary:
New rims
New bolts
New owners manual

parts hope to be ready by end of October / first of November

 

[CTValleySubaruGuy]

Yes -- Toyota said that they planned to be retrofitting previously-manufactured vehicles "by November." But we don't know how that ties in to the broader manufacturing plan. Do you source parts for new production first, and then do the retrofits? How many "in transit" Solterras are there that never made it to deelers that need to be refrofit? How fast can they do the retrofits? When you do restart your line, which vehicle do you run first?

Either company sharing some information like this would be very helpful.

 

[rfrancis073]

Yes -- Toyota said that they planned to be retrofitting previously-manufactured vehicles "by November." But we don't know how that ties in to the broader manufacturing plan. Do you source parts for new production first, and then do the retrofits? How many "in transit" Solterras are there that never made it to deelers that need to be refrofit? How fast can they do the retrofits? When you do restart your line, which vehicle do you run first?

Either company sharing some information like this would be very helpful.

I’m not sure about the Solterra but the BZ4X started production on the line on the 6th. I read that someone stated that they were told the parts were already made and shipped for retrofits but haven’t made it to location yet. Since dealers are doing the repairs, that makes sense based on timeline. Maybe they were building a bank of retrofit parts while the new Crown was running on the line?!?!