NHTSA Campaign 00V285000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
NHTSA campaign 00V285000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion). The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 00V285000 with NHTSA on September 21, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V285000, NHTSA lists up to 1,772 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 9, 2000 and July 21, 2000.
The 00V285000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V285000 were scheduled from October 27, 2000, 36 days after the report.
00V285000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V285000 covers have filed at least 45 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V285000 ranks 69 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 00V285000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the steering on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. INSUFFICIENT ELECTRICAL CONTACT CAN OCCUR IN THE TORQUE SENSOR THAT CONTROLS THE POWER ASSIST OPERATION OF THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GEAR BOX. THE TORQUE SENSOR COULD SEND IMPROPER ELECTRICAL SIGNALS.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING ICON WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE CENTER PANEL, AND THE DRIVER COULD EXPERIENCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL STEERING EFFORT DEPENDING UPON VEHICLE SPEED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE ELECTRIC STEERING GEAR BOX.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 27, 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 September 21, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V285000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V285000, 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: September 21, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted