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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| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | ||||||||||||||||
| 12V542000 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing | from 08/28/2000 to 08/27/2004 | V (Vehicle) | 150000 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 11/23/2012 | 11/23/2012 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2001 through 2004 tacoma light trucks manufactured from august 28, 2000, through august 27, 2004, and originally sold, or currently registered, in the following cold climate states with high road salt usage: connecticut, delaware, illinois, indiana, kentucky, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, virginia, west virginia, wisconsin, and the district of columbia. the spare tire in the subject vehicles is located underneath the rear of the vehicle and held by a spare tire carrier. a lift plate on the carrier is used to help raise, lower and retain the tire. during its manufacture, the lift plate may not have been sufficiently coated with anti-corrosion materials. if the plate is insufficiently coated and the vehicle is operated in cold climate regions where road salts are frequently used, road spray can reach the carrier assembly and corrode the lift plate. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Corrosion of the plate could cause it to break, which could result in detachment of the spare tire from the vehicle. detachment of the spare tire could result in a road hazard which may increase the risk of a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | A remedy for this defect is currently being developed. toyota will notify owners when a remedy plan has been finalized. the recall is expected to begin during december 2012. owners may contact their toyota dealer or the toyota customer experience center at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||||
| PG00503 | 08/19/2003 | 10003563 | Spare tire carrier operation. various modlels including the 2004 landcruiser and 4 runner. *tt | 10/23/2003 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 08/01/2010 | 135000 | ||
| Tl. the contact owns a kuhmo mohave a/t tires on a 2002 toyota tacoma. the contact stated the side wall of the rear driver side tire collapsed while driving at 25 mph. the contact change the tire and took the tire to a dealer. the dealer examine to the tire and stated the tire failed with no other defects. the dealer replaced the tire under the tire warranty. the contact stated he does not feels safe with the current tires on the vehicle. the failure mileage was 4,000. jo | |||
| 08/15/2007 | |||
| This is in response to the new toyota recall on the sienna mini-vans spare tire. i own a 2002 toyota tacoma, in which the frame was recently replaced due to rust perforation in certain states. i am the original owner and back in 8/2007 i had a flat tire and had to change it. the spare tire resides under the vehicle and is secured by a cable. when i went to access the spare, i noticed the whole cable and the surrounding pieces were severely rusted and was very difficult to seperate the tire from the cable. after hearing about the recall on the sienna for the spare tire getting rusty, and possibly falling loose while driving, i realized that my tacoma, and possibly other vehicles that use this method, and are exposed to extreme climate conditions, could trigger a similar event. | |||
| 03/30/2004 | 36005 | 2 | 05/09/2003 |
| Two firestone tires on my truck blew out on the freeway within 10 days of eachother, while my wife was driving. this put her in extreme danger and a very unsafe situation.*ak | |||
| 8200 | 3 | 06/29/2002 | |
| Defective rims and tires. | |||
| 3 | |||
| Several repairs to wheels and tires. re:steve & kathy mittman *mr the consumer had been to three toyota dealers in performing repairs to the wheels and tires. beaver toyota performed two complete alignments and replaced three wheels that were out of specifications. american toyota has performed a complete alignment, mounted and balanced all the tires on the wheels, prior to replacement by beaver toyota. karl malone had replaced two tires that were found to have excessive run out, as well as mount and balanced all four tires on the new wheels. the manufacturer agreed that this was a defect but declined to replace all five tires and the rims due to sources who stated the tires were within specification. *scc *jb | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 04/15/2003 | 27053 | 1 | 11/13/2001 |
| Dunlop grand trek tire p256 /70/ r16 the rear right blowout @ 72 mph on i-75 in miami, fla. partially lose control. 90% of the entire tire separated belt/thread/steel. it was the original tire on a 2002 tacoma with 27053 miles. *nlm | |||
| 12/08/2001 | 1 | 12/01/2001 | |
| Tread completely separated. *ak (dot number: w2ul awn tiresize: p205/75r15) | |||