Sentence examples for steering rod from inspiring English sources

The machine has three wheels, a brake, a telescoping steering rod -- and that's about it.

In 2005, Toyota notified the N.H.T.S.A. and issued a voluntary recall of nearly one million vehicles here because the steering rod could break.

This year, lawyers for an Idaho family whose son died when his Toyota truck rolled over unearthed about 40 complaints about steering rod problems in the United States before the date of the Japanese recall.

You hooked them on to the gas and spark rods, to the brake pull rod, and to the steering-rod connections.

The fines levied Monday are $16.375 million for the floor-mat recall in late 2009, and $16.05 million for the steering relay rod recall.

But in late 2005, Toyota told the agency that the steering relay rod defect was present in models sold in the United States, and the company recalled about 977,000 vehicles.

The Transportation Department said in May that it was investigating the timing of the September 2005 recall for steering relay rod defects after an October 2004 recall in Japan for the same flaw.

Other truck models sold here, including the Toyota 4x4 and T100 pickups, also used the same linkage, a steering relay rod.

The automaker, based in Toyota City, Japan, has already faced a criminal investigation in Japan over its handling of faulty steering relay rods.

In 2005, Toyota informed the agency the steering-relay rod defect was in models sold in the United States and conducted a recall.

The agency said it was investigating whether Toyota had waited too long to inform the agency of steering-relay rod defects in Hilux trucks after a 2004 recall in Japan for the same flaw.