NHTSA Campaign 01V228000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 01V228000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder. The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 01V228000 with NHTSA on July 5, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V228000, NHTSA lists up to 41,169 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 31, 2000 and May 15, 2001.
The 01V228000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V228000 were scheduled from July 30, 2001, 25 days after the report.
01V228000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 01V228000 covers have filed at least 15 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V228000 ranks 41 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 01V228000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 8 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTIITY VEHICLES. THE RESERVOIR FILLER CAP OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER MAY INDUCE A VACUUM, INTRODUCING SOME AIR INTO THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR. THIS COULD CAUSE ABNORMAL BRAKE NOISE AND INCREASED PEDAL STROKE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.
- The risk
- THE INCREASED PEDAL STROKE WILL LENGTHEN THE STOPPING DISTANCE OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL BLEED THE AIR FROM THE BRAKE LINES AND REPLACE THE RESERVOIR FILLER CAP. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 30, 2001. 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 July 5, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V228000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V228000, 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: July 5, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted