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Tuesday 11 October 2022
Toyota BZ4X EV production restarted, fix coming for wheels falling off
Toyota on Thursday provided a long-awaited update and solution regarding its BZ4X electric car, which has been waylaid by a pesky problem for months: Its wheels could fall off.
After several months since the issue was originally noted, Toyota says it’s a supplier issue, with hub bolts that could vibrate loose after sharp turns or braking—very quickly, apparently, as the wheel separation happened in some reported vehicles after being driven just a few miles.
The supplier of the allegedly defective hub bolts, according to updated recall documents posted by the federal government on Friday, is Japan’s Meidoh, while a pair of Chinese suppliers make the wheels.
Read the whole story on greencarreports.com