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 01/01/2006 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 . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | |||
| 05/20/2010 | 5000 | ||
| I cleola brooks purchased a 2007 toyota from moss brother toyota that have a defective trunk part that allow the trunk door to coming down on your head when opened. several times that car trunk have came down hiting me in the head. this was reported to the car dealership and to the manufacture rep. and in april 2010 the rep met with the dealership and ordered it to be corrected. we took the car in to be fixed but the problem was not fixed. since that time, on several occasion, this trunk has come down smashhing me and my husband in the head. | |||
| 11/16/2009 | 882500 | 1 | |
| I was driving my 2007 toyota yaris when the hook that holds the drivers side floor mat broke loose from the vehicle's floor. the floor mat worked its way up and jammed the gas pedal when i was pulling out in traffic. the only way i was able to slow the car down was to kick the gas pedal several times. i came very close to rear ending a vehicle ahead of me. *tr | |||
| EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL - RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | |||
| 06/14/2007 | 180 | 08/01/2006 | |
| Radio faded in and out. have been dealing with the dealership for 6 months. they have contacted the radio manufacturer , fujitsu ten and toyota. the dealership replaced the radio and antenna system, but no success. they continued to contact the radio manufacturer and toyota, but they have no solutions to the problem. the dealership informed me yesterday that there was nothing more they could do. my options were to deal with it or pursue the lemon law. in addition, i was given a 2007 camry loaner car while they looked into the problem, and the radio in it did the same thing. the service manager and i drove another new yaris that was on the lot, and it had the same problem. *ak | |||