Recall · 26V437000
Toyota Motor Engineering recalled 5 models over power train
5,408
Vehicles covered
5
Models
5
Model years
July 8, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2026 Lexus TX Plug-In Hybrid, TX Hybrid, TX, Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid, and Grand Highlander vehicles. The rear axle carriers may have been manufactured with insufficient material strength and could break.
- What it can cause
- A broken rear axle carrier can cause a sudden loss of vehicle stability and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the rear axle carrier sub-assembly code, and replace the sub-assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 23, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB13, 26TA13, 26LB08, and 26LA08.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 5,408 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 75% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Toyota vehicles have been recalled over the power train 20 times before this, most recently in October 2025 as 25V656000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 37 complaints with NHTSA, 23 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 26V179000 (equipment), 26V162000 (back over prevention), 25V744000 (back over prevention).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing with NHTSA on July 8, 2026 as campaign 26V437000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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