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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| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER | ||||||||||||||||
| 98E035000 | AUDIOVOX CORPORATION | from 06/24/1998 to 06/26/1998 | E (Equipment) | 1960 | 11/03/1998 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 10/19/1998 | 10/20/1998 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Equipment description: aftermarket theft deterrent systems used on 1998-1998 toyota rav4, avalon, and sienna model vehicles distributed by southeast toyota distributors, inc. in the states of alabama, florida, georgia, north and south carolina. the alarm wiring harness plugs into the vehicle's ignition switch and the vehicle's ignition switch wiring harness plugs into the alarm harness to complete the circuit. a percentage of the female terminals used in the alarm connector were found to be defective, causing an open circuit condition when mated to the male ignition switch terminals. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This condition can cause intermittent performance of the vehicle's electrical components such as the dash warning lights and/or hvac fan speed controls. also, the vehicle may not run smoothly and could stall. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect the date code label on the security system harness and any displaying the manufacturing/final date code will be replaced with newly produced harnesses. the date codes are: rav4 - 6/24/98, 6/25/98, 6/26/98; sienna - 6/25/98, 6/26/98; and avalon - 6/30/98, 7/1/98, 8/31/98, 9/1/98, 9/2/98, and 9/3/98. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification is being handled by southeast toyota distributors.owner notification began november 3, 1998. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact southeast toyota distributor at 1-800-301-6859.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| EV00301 | 11/30/2001 | 627452 | Subject regarding vehicle intermittently does not complete full charge. *yd | 02/07/2002 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/19/2005 | 64000 | 1 | |
| 1999 toyota rav4 caught on fire underneath the hood.*mr the fire occurred while the consumer's son was driving. smoke began to fill the cabin and the driver noticed flames coming from the engine. he was able to put the fire out with a towel. after the fire the taillights, dash lights, interior lights no longer worked. the passengers side front headlight and wiring were destroyed. the consumer contacted the manufacturer but they refused to provide any assistance because of the age and mileage of the vehicle. *nm | |||
| 10/26/2000 | 1 | ||
| The connection to the alternator was heavily burnt causing loss of power to the vehicle, the consumer was trapped in the vehicle for 1/2 hour prior to the police dept. arriving to help the consumer out of the vehicle, possible design flaw that did not allow for the consumer to exit vehicle under power loss. *mjs | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 07/28/1999 | |||
| Vehicle was parked for 12 hours, fire started underneath the engine compartment due to the insulation by the fuse box catching on fire. please provide further information and vin#.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 07/28/1999 | 1 | ||
| Engine fire due to electrical wiring short. mjs | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 02/15/2005 | 64000 | 1 | |
| Complaint received via e-mail. while my son was driving the car caught on fire under the hood for no apparent reason. i contacted toyota corporation regarding this issue, and they had me take the car to a local dealer. so i took it to midtown toyota, where i purchased the vehicle in august of 1999. i spoke with a jim christensen ,773-622-6300 x 4911. he is in the service department. after a week i was told that because my car was 6 years old and had 64,000 miles on it that it was determined that this was not a manufacturer's defect. but they could not explain to me what caused the fire, and told me that they were not responsible for the repairs. the car was purchased brand new, and does not have any after market installations of any kind. i have photos of the damage that can mailed upon request. damage was caused to front right side, head lights, wiring burned and washer reservoir. the back tail lights and interior lights don't work any more. also a fan in the engineer keeps running which causes my battery to run down. my car was in prefect running condition up until this happened. the person i spoke with @ toyota regarding this incident is troy h. higa, 310-468-5638. i have tried several times to go about troy, but was told that there was no one else i could speak to regarding this problem. i would like this investigated. *ak | |||