NHTSA recall 05V225000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 05V225000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 50J |
| Manufacturer | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Reported | 2005-05-17 |
| Owners notified | 2005-07-05 |
| Component | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT |
| Units potentially affected | 768379 |
What is wrong
ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE SURFACE OF THE BALL OF THE JOINT MAY HAVE BEEN SCRATCHED. THE BALL JOINT MAY EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND LOOSENESS, RESULTING IN INCREASED STEERING EFFORT.
What can happen
THE LOWER BALL JOINT MAY SEPARATE FROM THE KNUCKLE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 5, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Notes
TOYOTA RECALL NO. 50J.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
| 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER | Built 2001-05-22 to 2003-08-23. |
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| 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER | Built 2001-05-22 to 2001-08-23. |
| 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA | Built 2001-08-01 to 2003-09-26. |
| 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA | Built 2001-08-01 to 2003-09-26. |
| 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA | Built 2001-08-01 to 2003-09-26. |
| 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA | Built 2001-07-31 to 2003-12-23. |
| 2002 TOYOTA TACOMA | Built 2001-07-31 to 2003-12-23. |
| 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA | Built 2001-07-31 to 2003-12-23. |
| 2004 TOYOTA TACOMA | Built 2001-07-31 to 2003-12-23. |
| 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA | Built 2001-08-01 to 2003-09-30. |
| 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA | Built 2001-08-01 to 2003-09-26. |
| 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA | Built 2001-08-01 to 2003-09-26. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as EA04024
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| EA04024 | Engineering analysis, opened 2004-08-20, closed 2005-07-08. BALL JOINT SEPARATION. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM; SUSPENSION. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 05015 | 2005-07-26. Service bulletin. SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN 50J - PHASE I - FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT MAY EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND LOOSENESS CAUSING INCREASED STEERING, EFFORT, REDUCED VEHICLE SELF-CENTERING, AND NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. *TT |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.