Rav4 owners will be asked to return their vehicle to a Toyota dealership to have a suspension component checked.
Rav4′s sold between Oct 05 and Nov 10 are affected. (image courtesy of Carsguide)
The recall, issued today by Toyota, involves around 65,000 Rav4 vehicles sold in Australia between October 2005 and November 2010.
The recall was issued over concerns a rear suspension nut could be insufficiently tightened during maintenance and that could lead to the potential failure of a rear suspension arm.
There have been no reported incidents or accidents caused by the fault on Rav4 vehicles in Australia however it is another set-back for the nations top selling brand.
In recent years tens of thousands of Toyota vehicles across a number of different models have been recalled to fix varying defects.
Toyota Australia spokesman Beck Angel says the latest move is a precaution and Rav4 owners will be contacted directly.
[...] recall comes just a week after Toyota announced thousands of Rav4 models would also be recalled due to a have a suspension component [...]