Toyota Recall November 2011

Toyota Motor issued a recall for about 550,000 vehicles worldwide due to problems of the steering.

Toyota has received a total of 79 reports about the defect dating back to 2007, said Toyota spokesman Dion Corbett.

In the United States, the automaker is recalling 283,200 Toyota brand cars, including the 2004 and 2005 Camry, Highlander, Sienna and Solara, the 2004 Avalon and the 2006 Highlander HV. Its recall of 137,000 Lexus vehicles includes the 2004 and 2005 ES330 and RX330 and 2006 RX400h.

U.S. owners will be notified starting in January to bring the vehicles to dealers to be fixed, the release said. The recall notification process varies from country to country.