Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| 10V036000 | SOUTHEAST TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | V (Vehicle) | 153418 | 05/27/2010 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/03/2010 | 02/03/2010 | 571 | 110 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Southeast toyota is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 passenger vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, tire selection and rims. these vehicles were sold between september 1, 2005 and june 2, 2008 without the requisite load carrying capacity modification labels. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A driver may overload a vehicle which may increase the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will mail to consumers the corrected label or the customer will have the option for dealers to install the label free of charge. the safety recall began on may 27, 2010. owners may contact southeast toyota at 1-954-420-2000. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
| 10V035000 | GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 271417 | 05/27/2010 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/03/2010 | 02/03/2010 | 571 | 110 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Gulf states toyota is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, tire selection and rims. these vehicles were sold between september 1, 2005 and june 2, 2008 without the requisite load carrying capacity modification labels. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This does not meet the standard requirements. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will mail to consumers the corrected label or the customer will have the option for dealers to install the label free of charge. dealers will also correct the owner's manual. the safety recall began on may 27, 2010. owners may contact gulf states toyota at 713-580-3300. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| TC-12-018 | 07/31/2012 | 10046281 | Toyota: see document research button for owner letter. in some vehicles, the sun visors would slowly rotate downward and some times would become detached. models 2007-11 camry & camry hybrids. *pe | 10/03/2012 | |
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| TSB-0163-11 | 10/20/2011 | 10042855 | Toyota: a condition may exhibit in some vehicles where dust or powder is visible from hvac vents. a procedure for installation, blower motor cleaning, evaporator removal and hvac system cleaning has been designed for this condition. | 01/18/2012 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
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| RQ10003 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/16/2010 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION | |||
| On september 26, 2007, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that some of its model year (my) 2007 and 2008 lexus e350 and toyota camry vehicles could experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the optional all weather floor mat offered on those vehicles and the vehicles' accelerator pedal.this decision was influenced by an office of defects investigation (odi) engineering analysis.this recall was designated 07e082.two years later, on october 5, 2009, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that a number of its my 2004-2009 lexus and toyota vehicles may also experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver's floor mat.this recall was designated 09v388.several months later, on january 27, 2010, toyota filed an amended, or supplemental, defect information report and expanded the population of vehicles to include additional my 2008-2010 toyota and lexus vehicles.since this expansiontook place in a different calendar year, this recall was designated 10v023.separately on january 21, 2010, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that certain toyota vehicles and certain pontiac vibe vehicles contained a safety defect in the accelerator pedal assembly that may cause the accelerator pedal to become harder to depress, slower to return, or in the worse case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position.nhtsa designated this recall 10v017.in total, the four recalls cover over 7.6 million toyota and lexus vehicles as well as the pontiac vibe product made by new united motor manufacturing, inc., a venture of toyota and general motors corporation.nhtsa requires additional information from toyota to more fully understand and evaluate, among other things, whether the scope of the recalls identified above (makes, models and model years) is sufficiently broad.the agency is seeking to determine whether toyota viewed the underlying defects too narrowly as interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| 12/29/2011 | 20333 | ||
| Toyota camry with 20,000 miles tires have tread seperation and pulls hard to the left. alignment did not help. repair shop identified the tire problem. | |||
| 03/17/2010 | 30000 | ||
| In my 2009 toyota camry le, the recirculation switch turns off after about three minutes, letting in air from the outside. this is an ongoing problem whenever i'm behind a diesel vehicle. my car fills with fumes that affect my breathing. the first time i went to the toyota dealer, they said it was a standard fix, and would cost me $50. when i went in a second time, and said i didn't want to pay, they said there was no way to fix it. it's clear to me that this is a design defect, that will have a detrimental effect on the driver and passengers, and that toyota needs to fix it. | |||
| 03/15/2010 | |||
| I parking lot. put car into drive and pressed the accelorator to pull out of parking space. car accelerated quickly and stopped when car hit telephone pole. due to short distance car travel, was unable to apply brake before hitting the telephone pole. | |||
| 11/30/2009 | 19000 | 1 | |
| Below you will find the email that i sent to toyota on february 7, 2010 as well as the response i received. to this date i have not received any other communication from toyota. i truly believe that one of these safety recalls led to my car accident in november, 2009. my vehicle was included in both the floor mat and accelerator recalls. discussion thread customer 02/07/2010 09:51 am i had a car accident 11-30-09 which resulted in the total loss of my 2009 camry le [xxx]. due to the closed head injury i received, i am unable to recall the accident. however, viewing the accident report, it appears my vehicle was traveling much faster than i travel on this roadway. it was noted that my side airbag did not deploy when my vehicle struck a tree on the drivers side door. due to the recalls, i am now concerned that one of the recall issues was the cause of my accident. my car is now at a salvage yard near atlanta, ga. and i feel that toyota should be concerned enough to check my car for defects. i bought this car based on your reputation for dependability and safety, and now due to the recalls, i can't imagine buying another toyota. perhaps my greatest concern are media reports that toyota has been aware of these problems for quite some time and chose not to notify owners. i now have to wonder about this companies ethics. date: sunday, february 7, 2010 12:51 pm from: ask toyota | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 20010 | 2 | |
| Twice within a week my gas pedal did not release, resulting in a continued acceleration for my 2009 camry hybrid. first time was on an exit ramp where i release pressure on the pedal to slow down but it did not move for a few seconds. the second time was pulling out and needing to quickly accelerate, i then released pressure, but the car continued to increase in speed. both times i move the floor mat toward my seat, and the second time required shifting the car into neutral. after the second incident, i took my car to the dealer who sold it to me and reported the above. they looked at the mat and secured it with clips that were not there before. this was prior to the pedal recalls. *tr | |||
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| 06/01/2009 | 5000 | 1 | |
| While merging onto i-5 i pushed the resume speed selection on speed control. the car sped up and exceeded the preset speed of 59 mph and reached 80 mph. neither applying the brakes or pushing the speed controls on/off switch turned the speed control off. i turned the key off and on to control the steering and used the parking brake to get the car to the shoulder. this was a very freighting experience so i just sat there for a while. i started the car and the engine a couple times and rpms went to the red line. the floor mat was laying flat and hooked. i looked under hood and nothing looked unusual. i started the engine again and it ran normally. i phoned the dealer's service dept, and they said it was probably the floor mats and a recall notice was in the works. we have driven the car about 5000 miles since incident, but we don't use the speed control. i am scheduled to have the accelerator pedal replaced this week. *tr | |||
| 03/06/2010 | 1 | ||
| Almost everyone knows that toyota had recalled 4m cars, and one of the cars is the latest model of camry, i own 2009 camry, sent to dealer. they reset the computer, installed a brake override system, inserted a steel bar into the pedal assembly, and cut 1 in. of the plastic shoe pedal and rounded it at the end. now the plastic shoe pedal is not only shorter but also slippery because they rounded it. before modification, the shoe pedal measurement is around 4.5 in x 1.5 in. square with 2 horizontal lines at the end of the shoe pedal. (2 horizontal lines at the bottom prevent foot from slipping and square shape to have enough room for the foot to step on). now, they cut short the shoe pedal, the measurement is 3.5 in x 1.5 in (rounded, eliminated the 2 horizontal lines), it not square anymore. i looked at others cars, honda, nissan, ford, volks, ...none of them have a shorter and rounded shoe pedals...the shoe pedal is design to have a certain length and square at the end. this is not a good call form toyota. this is not a safe. toyota is trying to design it to prevent interfere w/ the mat, unfortunately all they have to do is to make sure that their mat is intact and clip on. i called on the dealer and complained about it...they advised me to call the toyota hotline, which i did. they said they will look into it. i am only one voice. others might not notice it. until it is too late. this is a concern that i think should be looked upon. many lives have been lost already ...we do not want to add more people in the list of deaths or injuries. please hear this message. thank you. *tr | |||
| 03/14/2009 | 8000 | 1 | |
| In san diego earlier this year, at night, to enter heavy ast moving traffic from on ramp floored gas pedal in 2009 toyota camry with new heavy duty floor mats, and had max runaway acceleration. was able to stop with heavy brake pressure, hitting stop engine button didn't work. checked everything i could and tried again, same response, called 911 and got tow truck on the way. finally figured out floor mat had caught gas pedal and was holding it down. pulled floor mat back into place, and then no problem. told 911 as i recall to forget the tow truck. got up to 40- 50 or so mph. haven't reported this to toyota yet. *tr | |||
| 02/10/2009 | 1 | ||
| To whom it may concern: i bought a 2009 camry le from herb chamber boson in last oct. recently i heard the recall. however, i don't believe the reason for the recall simply blaming the floor mat. i did experience an unintended acceleration when using cruise. the cruise was set at 70 mph and suddenly the speed went up over 85 mph, and i noticed that the acceleration was at its full strength and showed no sign to stop. i immediately braked my car to automatically shut off the cruise control. at that time, i just blamed the stupid computer program, which may account for the incident. however, when reading other person's stories about the recall, i realized that something more serious than the floor mat was actually responsible for those accidents. to tell the truth, i barely use the cruise since that incident. i just want toyota to seriously look into this problem. i will keep a copy of this message here in case i need it in the future. *tr | |||
| EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL - RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 1 | ||
| 2009 toyota camry. consumer states several problems with vehicle to include electrical and mechanical issues *tgw the consumer had the vehicle inspected and it was determined there were several components that were defective such as the accelerator pedal, brakes, shocks, exhaust and cd player component and cable burning smell. *jb | |||
| 01/24/2010 | 19854 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. approximately one month ago the the contact stated that her radio display was not visible whenever she started the vehicle. within a few weeks, the rear power windows began opening on their own. the contact was driving approximately 20 mph when the brakes were engaged; however, the vehicle would not stop which caused her to crash into a vehicle in front of her. there were no injuries. the vehicle was towed to a body shop who advised the contact that there was also an electrical failure since the vehicle would start. the repair shop made several attempts to start the vehicle and was unsuccessful. the manufacturer advised her that the recall repair will start in april and that she would have to wait until then. the contact stated that the air bags did not deploy. the failure mileage was 19854. | |||