It isn’t just lettuce being recalled these days. Toyota has issued notices to owners of the popular Toyota Tacoma, plus the beefy Land Cruiser and its LX570 cousin.

If you drive one of these three models, please pay attention. The safety recalls involve certain 2018-2019 Tacoma pickups, 2008-2019 Land Cruisers and 2008-2019 Lexus LX 570 vehicles in the United States.

Tacoma

Any recall should be taken seriously but when it involves the braking system, it behooves owners to really listen up. If you’ve just bought a new Tacoma – and sales stats show that plenty of you have – your rig may need some important attention.

Approximately 44,000 vehicles are involved in the Tacoma recall. Due to improper manufacturing processes by a part supplier, a seal in certain brake master cylinders may become damaged over time and leak brake fluid internally. The brake pedal feel could change, and front brake performance could be suddenly reduced.  This could result in increased vehicle stopping distance and may increase the risk of a crash.

For all involved vehicles, Toyota dealers will replace the brake master cylinder with a new brake master cylinder that is not affected by this condition at no cost to customers. Owners of all involved vehicles will receive direct notification by mail starting in late-January 2019.

Brakes are important, folks. If you’re affected by this recall (check the government database here) and be sure to get it taken care of ASAP.

Land Cruiser and LX 570

Approximately 89,700 of these large and in charge SUVs are involved in this particular recall. At issue are sensors which tell the passenger-side airbags when it’s time to inflate.

The front passenger occupant classification system has a seatbelt tension sensor that could malfunction over time and could cause the airbag warning light and the passenger airbag “OFF” indicator to illuminate.  In addition, the front passenger airbag, knee airbag, and the passenger seat-mounted side airbag may be deactivated.  If these airbags are deactivated, there is an increased risk of injury to the occupant in the event of a crash.

Toyota is currently developing the remedy (read: they’re trying to figure out how to fix it) and will notify owners by mid-February 2019.

For any additional questions, customer support is also available by calling the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1.800.331.4331 or the Lexus Guest Experience Center at 1.800.255.3987.