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 - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | ||||||||||||||||
11V148000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 22000 | 03/31/2011 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 03/04/2011 | 03/04/2011 | 571 | 138 | ||||||
Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2011 fj cruiser, land cruiser, tacoma, sequoia and tundra vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 138, tire pressure monitoring system (tpms). when factory-installed wheels and tires were replaced with toyota authorized accessory wheels and lt tires prior to first sale, the tire pressure monitoring systems were not re-calibrated correctly and therefore do not start illuminating the low tire pressure warning telltale at the required minimum activation pressure. | |||||||||||||||
Consequence Summary | Failure to warn of tire deflations is a non-compliance with fmvss 138 and could lead to tire failure increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
Corrective Summary | For the land cruiser, sequoia, tacoma and tundra vehicles, the dealer will re-calibrate the tire pressure monitoring system on affected vehicles and install an updated tire and loading information label at no charge. for the fj cruiser vehicles, the tpms cannot be reset so the electronic control unit (ecu) for the tpms will be replaced. toyota is currently developing the remedy ecu. if an owner is not certain whether his or her vehicle is equipped with these accessories, please contact any toyota dealer for an inspection at no charge. the safety recall began on march 31, 2011. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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TIRES | |||
06/22/2011 | 34000 | ||
Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota tacoma equipped with dunlop grand trek tire (p265/65/r17) dot c8er2610. while parked the contact noticed the tire thread had split on the outer edge of the tire. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technicians stated the tire needed to be replaced. the tire was replaced with the spare tire and a new tire was ordered. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 34,000. ds |