Toyota Recalls SUVs, Pickups Over Airbag, Brake Problems

One recall covers about 96,000 Toyota Land Cruisers and Lexus LX570 SUVs; the other affects about 47,000 Tacoma pickups.

The Associated Press
Dec 14, 2018
In this May 10, 2017, file photo a Toyota Land Cruiser is reflected on the emblem of Toyota Motor Corp. at a showroom in Tokyo.
In this May 10, 2017, file photo a Toyota Land Cruiser is reflected on the emblem of Toyota Motor Corp. at a showroom in Tokyo.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File
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