Toyota Recalls Over 400,000 Trucks Because They Might Crash Backwards

Toyota is recalling around 443,000 Tundra pickups due to a problem with their reverse lights.
Moisture can get into the light units on 2022-25 trucks and prevent them from working correctly.
Dealers will replace both lights starting in July, plus fix the wiring harness if found to be corroded.

Toyota has a solid reputation for building reliable cars, trucks and SUVs, but even its tough Tundra pickup isn’t immune to the odd quality gremlin. Almost 500,000 of the midsize utilities are being recalled because of a small fault that could lead to some big damage in the liftgate area – and to anyone or anything near it.

The problem is the reversing lights, which some Toyota owners have discovered can let in moisture, causing the lamps to stop working. The fault affects around 443,000 Tundras and Tundra Hybrids built for the 2022-2025 model years, which will need to return to a Toyota dealership to have their light units – two per truck – replaced free of charge.

Toyota says it will also inspect the wiring harness on every truck coming in as part of the recall and repair any cabling and connectors that shows signs of corrosion. Owners can expect to be mailed about the recall program starting in July.

Although every new vehicle sold in the US since before the third-generation Tundra was launched in 2021 has been legally required to come with a reversing camera, those cameras still rely on the reversing lights to provide illumination in the dark. And as we know from multiple recalls from many brands, reversing cameras are also prone to going on the blink anyway, so if you’re a 2022-25 Tundra owner you’ll want to get this recall ticked off.

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This lighting issue is only a minor one compared with the engine problem Toyota had with the third-gen Tundra (and Lexus LX) in 2024. The automaker was forced to offer brand new replacement engines to 98,568 Tundras and 3,524 LXs that were originally recalled due to the risk of crankshaft bearing failure from machining debris left inside the engines.

But in a recent study looking at America’s longest-lasting vehicles Toyota’s full-size truck still came out top. Every Tundra was judged to have a 37 percent chance of reaching 250,000 miles ( 402,000 km), and headed a list in which the other top four longest-lasting vehicles were also Toyotas.