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Earlier this month Toyota Motor Company (TM) was forced to halt sales of its Lexus GX 460 after it received a "Don't Buy" rating from Consumer Reports, but the company announced today that the problem has been fixed, and it had resumed U.S. sales.The problem with the SUVs involved the vehicles electronic stabilizer, which was unable to adequately correct the SUV when sliding out in corners.
With so many safety concerns surrounding the Japanese automaker lately, Toyota knows that the only way to regain consumer trust is to fix its safety concerns as quickly as possible, and to its credit, Toyota was able to identify, and fix the problem with the GX 460 in just about two weeks.
Toyota has sent its Lexus dealers a hand held device that they can hook into the vehicles computer that will adjust the software that controls its stability control system.
Lexus has started contacting owners of the SUVs and the company expects that it will be able to repair the majority of the 9,400 vehicles affected within the week.
Lexus Group Vice President Mark Templin stated that the company was confident that the fix will make the performance of the SUV better for its drivers.
The announcement comes the day after Toyota recalled another 50,000 SUVs, the 2003 Sequoia. Yesterday's recall was also a result of the SUVs stabilizer controls.
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