Toyota Offers to Buy Back bZ4X EVs with Wheels That Might Fall Off.
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Toyota Offers to Buy Back bZ4X EVs . Toyota announced a recall for the bZ4X electric vehicle in June, acknowledging that wheels might detach from the car because of malfunctioning hub bolts and asking customers to stop driving the vehicle. . The automaker had been offering free loaners to affected bZ4X owners, but the deal has now been increased with more sweeteners as well as a new offer: Toyota will buy back the bZ4X outright. . Only 258 bZ4X EVs were sold before the recall was announced, but the vehicle has an outsize role to play in Toyota' s slow embrace of all-electric vehicles. . Toyota first announced a recall for its new, electric bZ4X SUV, it said that the hub bolts used on the wheels might loosen "to the point where the wheel can detach from the vehicle." That was a noticeable black eye for one of the world’s largest automakers launching a crucial new launch. . The recall was announced after Toyota sold 258 units. Toyota’s first offer for buyers ...