Toyota Motor Corp <7203> will recall about 160,000 Tacoma mid-sized pickup trucks from model 2001 to 2004 in the cold weather U.S. states and Canada, because the spare tire might fall off.
In these the Tacoma model of storage the spare tire truck bed below. "When truck been kept in place the spare tire, a metal plate is not coated with a sufficient amount of phosphoric acid to retard rust, Toyota said.
Toyota spokesman said, two reports of incidents involving vehicles Toyota Tacoma truck, but they did not cause injury to personnel.
Over time, in limited circumstances, may lead to corrosion board to break, leading to the detachment of the spare tire, Toyota Motor Sales, USA Wednesday said in a statement.
, Toyota said the recall involved 150,000 trucks in 20 states and 10,000 trucks for sale in Canada, the original cold weather.
The letter will be the owners of the vehicles were recalled in December, Toyota said.
Toyota dealers will replace the spare tire assembly, if necessary, not to Tacoma owners.