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Toyota - Land Cruiser and Lexus - Front Disc Brake Rotor Retaining Bolt

Date: 01/03/2007

Supplier Name: Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited

Product Make: Toyota

Product Model: Land Cruiser 78, 79, 100 & 105 Series & Lexus LX470

Target Number: 137,479

Model Years From: 1997 to 2005

Consequences: In the worse case of all bolts on one side displacing, continuous vehicle operation may result in brake pull.

Campaign Number: 7531A

VIN Range: WMI. JTE. VDS. RJ71J#. VIS. 00001001-00001299. VDS. LJ71J#. 00001005-00008880. VDS. RB71J#. 00001010-00031422. 20009928-20010133. VDS. RB73J#. 09000000-09000256. VDS. LB71J#. 07000005-07053919. VDS. RC71J#. 00001001-00001827. VDS. RC73J#. 06000001-06000713. VDS. LC71J#. 00001001-00012065. VDS. LC73J#. 06000001-06003292. Land Cruiser 10#. WMI. JT7. VDS. 11UJA5. VIS. 09000002-09019553. WMI. JTE. VDS. CJ09J#. VIS. 05500000-05508187. WMI. JT7. VDS. 11PJA5. VIS. 07000002-07019393. WMI. JTE. VDS. CB01J#. VIS. 01000005-01025709. VDS. CB09J#. VIS. 03000006-03026367. WMI. JT7. VDS. 11WJA0. VIS. 06000001-06001158. WMI. JTE. VDS. HT05J#. VIS. 02024901-02091421. VDS. HT09J#. VIS. 05500001-05512222. VDS. HC09J#. VIS. 07000000-07018378. Lexus LX470. WMI. JTJ. VDS. HT00W. 07000002-07001221. 04000001-04012179.

Serial Range:

Product Info: Land Cruiser 7#. Model Code FZJ78, FZJ79, HZJ78, HZJ79, HDJ78, HDJ79. Land Cruiser 10#. Model Code FZJ105, HZJ105, UZJ100, HDJ100. Lexus LX470. Model Code UZJ100. Production period 30 September 1997 through 5 December 2005.

Defect Details: When vehicle is operated under severe conditions with repetitive high "G" brake application forward and backward, excessive forces applied to the brake rotor may loosen the front bake rotor bolt/s. If vehicle operation continues in this condition, one or more bolts may loosen further (unwind) and eventually rattle.

Consumer action: All owners of affected vehicles will be contacted individually by letter.

Market Coverage: National

Recall Coverage: National

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anyone know what they do to fix the problem?

Just got mine done today, booked it in yesterday and was pretty quick.

Mad Cruiser wrote:Just got mine done today, booked it in yesterday and was pretty quick.

dad had his done last week

do they just swap the bolts? or just locktight em or something?

Don't know.... i just dropped it in at 9am and picked it up at lunchtime when they rang to say it was ready.

they replace the bolts on the front brake disc

jimbo

holy crap that is a massive recall, and ive had 3 vehicles in that range and now own none

they just replace the bolts with ones of a higher grade

Sorry to be a skeptic. If they just replace the bolts with those of a higher grade, that will not prevent them from loosening. Surely they have introduced a thread locking mechanism, loctite threadlocker or a new spring washer, or increased the torque value in conjunction with the new bolts.
I have had no luck getting information from Toyota and so far the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries has been less than helpful as well.
I don't like Toyota Dealerships and don't like being told I have to use one.

They up grade the bolts from a bolt with 12 on the head to a bolt with 13 on the head.

I didnt hear they were loosening i heard that a couple had broken/snapped.

I thought it was mainly a problem with high km,s off ofthe bitumen

Its actually a 10T bolt upgrade to 11T and tighten to 95nm

When the subject vehicles are operated under severe conditions with repetitive high “Gâ€

yer what djf20 said is spot on no thread locker of any kind is used at all. what is wrong with toyota dealers you sound like one of them know it all customers that we all wish we could tell to f@#k off

Be my guest and tell me to *&%$ right off.
Its a free country, with freedom of speech and freedom of choice. So do I need a reason to dislike Toyota Dealers? Do I need a reason to dislike Hyundai Terracans or having to work weekends?
I am restricted geographically. There is only one Toyota dealership near my home. I have had unsatisfactory experiences with them.
However your assurance that all Toyota Dealerships are beyond question and have no equal is all the evidence I need to rethink my petty and obviously ill-informed opinion. Oh that's right...you never said that.
It takes all sorts to make the world go around.

you sound like someone that is hard to please if you dont like your toyota buy a nissan

Its funny you should say that...because I have a mate, a Patrol devotee who says the worst thing I ever did was buy a landcruiser. Although he did concede that it was a step up from the ZL Fairlane I had prior.
Its on blocks at the moment, which is another reason I want to know what to do.