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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| EQUIPMENT - OTHER - LABELS | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 . | |||||||||||||||
| 09V223000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 11/01/2005 to 05/04/2009 | V (Vehicle) | 27080 | 09/18/2009 | OVSC | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 06/15/2009 | 06/15/2009 | 571 | 110 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling 27,080 model year 2005 through 2010 passenger cars built from september 1, 2005 to may 4, 2009. these vehicles were not equipped with load carrying capacity modification labels which fails to conform with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, tire selection and rims. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Incorrect load carrying capacity modification labels could result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Toyota will notify owners and provide them with a new, accurate label to be installed over the inaccurate label free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin on or about august 31, 2009. owners may contact toyota at 1-888-270-9371. | |||||||||||||||
| 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 . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | |||
| 09/08/2010 | 47000 | ||
| I bought a new 2007 toyota rav4 at the end of the model year. i had problems with the brakes and the car shook and made noises. i took it to the dealer who replaced the front brakes and said it scored the drum and they had to be turned at 33,000 approx miles, under warranty as it was defective parts. but the rear brakes were suppose to be fine. this is a little over a year later and at 47,000 miles and i have had the brakes inspected at the dealership with every 5000 mile oil change and told they were good. last week i was going down a steep grade and the brakes were a major problem and i could hardly stop my car, the brakes grabbed, the car shook and was hard to steer and i had to pump the brakes, etc.. i took it to the dealer and they said the rear brakes are not only bad but scored the drums and had to be replaced. i am having to pay over $200.00 for defective parts and i could have been killed, plus i had a passenger and it was scary. i have had special driver training so i was able to control the car and there were no other vehicles around, thank god, but the car was unsafe and the dealer has so far taken no responsibility. toyota is waiting for a reply???from the dealer. i feel this should all be reported for safety and consumer awareness reasons | |||
| 10/01/2007 | 5000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. the driver stated that since the vehicle was purchased he has had problems with the blue-tooth in the vehicle. he took the vehicle to the dealer 3 times and they advised him that they repaired the bluetooth malfunction; however, the problem continued to occur. toyota also told him that it was not their problem. the driver is unable to make a phone call while driving with the bluetooth which is a safety risk. the failure mileage was 5,000. the current mileage was 60,000. | |||
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | |||
| 02/23/2013 | 154402 | ||
| My airbag light was on. when i took my car in for the annual state inspection, i was informed that i would have to replace the spiral cable for airbag light that had shorted out. the assembly was replaced at a total cost of $442.01. this vehicle has had an earlier recall for an airbag sensor and i feel that this should be a safety recall issue as well and not the financial responsibility of the car owner. | |||
| 09/18/2012 | 85000 | ||
| I was driving down forest ave in brockton, ma, the driver side door stated smoking, i quickly turned the engine off, got me and my son out of the car and called the fire department who disconnected the battery and sugested that i got it towed to a repair shop. so i did, to copland toyoyta where it was troubleshot to a master switch ass. it was repaired and i had to pay $580.70 because they said its not covered by warranty. | |||
| 07/01/2010 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle was recalled by toyota to have accelerator pedal modified and floor mats changed in order to avoid inadvertent acceleration. floor mat change applied only to original toyota supplied floor mats, which above vehicle has, at least according to accessory window sticker supplied at purchase. when vehicle was taken to ourisman toyota for compliance, dealer marked on customer yellow form that mats were not original toyota and that they would not be changed. however dealer stated verbally that mats actually were original toyota, but that customers were not happy with new mats since they were too thin. therefore dealer decided to comply with safety directive by marking all original mats as non-original mats, which did not have to be changed. nice to know that the dealer is customer oriented, but i am left wondering if that jeopardizes safety. incident was reported to toyota on the safety email address listed on their web site, but no reply received. *tr | |||