Australia's favourite off-road workhorse, the Toyota HiLux, has been hobbled by a recall.

More than 100,000 utes are involved in the first major recall involving Toyota Australia since the world's largest carmaker was first hit by global safety and quality problems last year.

Toyota managed to dodge the accelerator dramas which led to the recall of more than eight million vehicles globally but it has been forced to a local recall after 16 owners reported a significant HiLux fault in Australia.

It involves the tailshaft support bracket in the four-wheel drive version of the HiLux, which can fail and potentially lead to the tailshaft hitting the road.

Toyota says there have been no reports of crashes.

In all, 116,000 HiLux four-wheel drives, built in Thailand from January 2005 to February 2010, are involved in the recall.

It comes as Ford Australia recalls the PJ and PJ-model Ranger to have the bonnet striker replaced and also to fix the shift cable bracket on the PJ Ranger.

Toyota's troubles in the USA continued this week with a recall for the Matrix and Corolla over a computer problem which can potentially affect the engine. The cars are not sold in Australia.