Toyota has announced that it is recalling 15,600 Tundra 2007 Tundra four-wheel-drive pickup trucks because “a rear propeller shaft may separate at the joint.”

“There is a possibility that a joint in the rear propeller shaft may have been improperly heat treated, resulting in insufficient hardness,” Toyota said in a statement.

There have been no accidents or injuries associated with the recall and last month the Tundra became the first truck named an IIHS “top safety pick.”

Toyota recalling 15,600 Tundra pickups [Reuters]
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