WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling about 144,000 Tundra full-size pickups in North America as a result of the tonneau covers would possibly detach from the automobile whereas driving.

The recall impacts sure 2022-23 Tundra pickups outfitted with non-obligatory Toyota-genuine tonneau covers. Toyota mentioned about 130,000 of the automobiles are within the U.S.

“A tonneau cowl that detaches from a automobile might improve the danger of a crash or harm,” the automaker mentioned in an announcement Friday.

Toyota declined to touch upon whether or not it was conscious of any accidents, crashes or deaths associated to the difficulty.

The automaker is advising house owners of Tundra pickups with the truck mattress accent to take away it till a treatment is accessible and put in.

House owners of concerned automobiles shall be notified by late March and shall be contacted once more as soon as a treatment is accessible, Toyota mentioned.

In a separate recall report Friday, about 9,000 Tundra pickups, together with hybrid variations, from the 2022-23 mannequin years are being known as again for a software program error which will trigger the instrument panel LCD show to go clean.

To repair the difficulty, Toyota mentioned it would replace the software program. House owners shall be notified beginning April 17.