NHTSA Campaign 00V211000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 00V211000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch. The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 00V211000 with NHTSA on August 9, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V211000, NHTSA lists up to 756 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 2, 1997 and May 16, 2000.
The 00V211000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V211000 were scheduled from September 25, 2000, 47 days after the report.
00V211000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V211000 covers have filed at least 5 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V211000 ranks 73 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 00V211000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the power train on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY ELECTRIC VEHICLES. IF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE REPEATEDLY PARKED BY PLACING THE SHIFT LEVER INTO THE "P" POSITION WITHOUT APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE, THE PARKING LOCK ROD, A COMPONENT OF THE TRANSMISSION PARKING LOCK SYSTEM, COULD BREAK.
- The risk
- THIS CONDITION CAN RENDER THE SYSTEM INOPERATIVE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PARKING LOCK ROD.
- Notes
- ALL THESE VEHICLES ARE LEASED AND OPERATED IN FLEETS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 25, 2000. 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 TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported August 9, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V211000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V211000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 9, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted