Toyota Recalls Nearly 106,000 Land Cruisers Over a Fuel Leak It Can't Yet Explain
A fuel tube on the tank can disconnect and leak, raising the risk of fire. Owner letters go out from Nov. 29, and Toyota still can't say why.
Toyota is recalling 105,794 Land Cruisers from the 2024 through 2027 model years because a fuel line near the tank can come apart and leak gasoline. The unusual part is what the automaker admits it doesn't know: according to its safety recall report to NHTSA, Toyota hasn't confirmed what causes the failure or under what conditions it happens.
NHTSA's recall record for campaign 26V673 doesn't carry a park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, the warnings regulators attach when the fire risk is serious enough to keep a vehicle out of the garage. We explain how those flags work in our park-outside recall guide and current list.
What can go wrong
The trucks use a resin fuel tube on the tank that plugs into the main metal fuel line running to the engine. Toyota says the joint can separate if the retaining clip on the connector gets lifted. Once that happens, fuel can keep leaking until the gas engine in the hybrid system shuts off, and a leak near an ignition source raises the risk of a fire.
The filing names two Japanese suppliers, Usui Co. for the metal line and FTS Co. for the resin tube, and Toyota says no other vehicle it builds pairs those parts at this connection. The recall spans trucks built from Nov. 29, 2023, through Oct. 1, 2026, but the report leaves blank how or when the problem was fixed on the assembly line.
How many trucks are really affected
NHTSA's database lists an estimated defect rate of 1 percent. That figure is a placeholder. Toyota explains in the filing that the government portal only accepts a whole number, so it typed "1" to mean "unknown." In other words, the 105,794 total is every potentially involved U.S. truck, not a count of leaking ones. Toyota Canada is recalling roughly 6,721 more under the same fix.
Toyota hasn't said publicly whether any fires, injuries, or fuel leaks have been reported, and Toyota Canada's notice describes the campaign as precautionary.
The fix and the timeline
Dealers will inspect the connection and add a supplemental clamp so it can't pull apart, replacing the resin tube first if needed. The work is free. Toyota notified dealers on Oct. 14, and owner letters will go out in phases between Nov. 29 and Dec. 13, 2026. Toyota's internal campaign codes are 26TB23 and 26TA23, and owners can check their VIN on NHTSA's recall lookup.
The recall hits the current 250 Series Land Cruiser, which Toyota relaunched in the U.S. around its i-Force Max turbo-hybrid with 326 hp and 465 lb-ft, starting at $57,200 before a $1,450 processing fee for 2026. It follows the 2026 RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid recall for power loss earlier this month, and it lands a few weeks after another fuel-system campaign on a body-on-frame truck, Ford's F-150 fuel tank strap recall.
Still unanswered: what actually lifts the clip, whether parts are on hand for the first wave of repairs, and whether Toyota will report any incidents once owner letters land. We'll update this story as those details emerge.
