The automaker Toyota is being vague about a defective steering relay rod.

The rod connects the pitman arm to the steering center link.  The problem is occurring in about a million light trucks and SUVs built between 1989 to 1998.

The rod has a tendency to snap causing a total loss of steering while the vehicle is in motion thus causing a disastrous truck wreck.

Toyota knew about the malfunction yet did not issue a recall.  It finally took a child’s death and a lawsuit to bring the problem to the public.  Toyota eventually issued a recall yet they have only successfully repaired about 32 percent of the defected vehicles.

Factoring in the vehicles that have been wrecked or junked, the total number of faulty vehicles on U.S. roads today is still about 500,000!

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