# 1985 TOYOTA SUNRADER — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `993269` · 2013-07-11 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** SUNRADER
- **Year:** 1985
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
- **Miles at failure:** 130,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA MOTORHOME WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN I HEARD A WOBBLE SOUND. I THOUGH I NEEDED A TIRE ALIGNMENT, AS MY FRONT TIRE WAS SLIGHTLY BALDING, SO I PROCEEDED TO THE TIRE SHOP WHICH WAS ONLY 15 MINUTES AWAY. VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER,  GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR, IT LITERALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS FALLING APART ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY! PARTS WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE AS I CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHAT HAD HAPPENED, IS MY BACK AXLE SNAPPED IN HALF AND HALF OF IT, WITH MY 2 DOUBLE TIRES ON THAT END, FLEW INTO THE AIR AND LANDED ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY! NEXT THING I KNEW, AS I STOPPED, I SAW ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY ONE GUY WAS THROWN OFF OF HIS MOTORCYCLE LAYING ON THE SHOULDER, HIS MOTORCYCLE WAS TOTALED AND 2 CARS REAR ENDED EACH OTHER. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS KILLED!!! AND THE GUY WHO HAD THE MOTORCYCLE WALKED AWAY WITH A SORE KNEE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR RECALL ON AXLES OF TOYOTA MOTORHOMES MADE BEFORE 1987, PLEASE EVERYONE BE SAFE AND BE SURE TO INSTALL AN UPGRADED 6 LUG FREE FLOATING REAR DIFFERENTIAL AXLE INTO YOUR RV BEFORE SOMETHING DISASTROUS HAPPENS!  APPARENTLY THE BUSINESS WHO WAS MAKING THESE MOTORHOMES (FOUR SEASONS?) IS NOT IN BUSINESS ANYMORE... I WOULD REALLY LIKE REIMBURSEMENT TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS! WHO CAN I CONTACT? MY AXLE WAS LITERALLY BURNING UP WHEN IT BROKE JUST LIKE THE DESCRIPTIONS DESCRIBE IN THE RECALL ARTICLES. THESE ARE DEADLY WITHOUT T
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