Filed under: SUV, Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Lexus, Toyota, Luxury
2010 Lexus GX460 - Click above for high-res image gallery
That was fast. Just two days after Consumer Reports issued a 'Do Not Buy rating 'on the new Lexus GX 460 upon finding that it was possible to trip up the standard electronic stability control and initiate a potentially dangerous mid-corner tail-out drift of the big SUV, Toyota reportedly has a fix for the issue.
According to Japan's Nikkei daily, Toyota's solution to the GX's handling woes involves a reflash of the vehicle's electronic brain along with unspecified changes to 'other aspects of the vehicle.' Not particularly descriptive, but perhaps that shouldn't come as a surprise considering how complicated of an issue such handling foibles can be.
In related news, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is just now beginning its own investigation into the 2010 Lexus GX 460. NHTSA has procured the GX that Consumer Reports had been testing and is working to determine if the machine meets its own federal safety standards. No determination has yet been made as to whether the 5,400 or so GX 460s sold so far in the States will be recalled.
[Source: Nikkei - sub. req. via TTAC, The Detroit News]
Toyota may be readying fix for Lexus GX 460 safety concerns as NHTSA begins investigation originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments"
No comments:
Post a Comment