NHTSA Campaign 10V176000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
NHTSA campaign 10V176000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electronic stability control (esc). The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 10V176000 with NHTSA on April 30, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V176000, NHTSA lists up to 50,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 2002 and April 17, 2003.
The 10V176000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V176000 were scheduled from June 11, 2010, 42 days after the report.
10V176000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 10V176000 covers have filed at least 158 complaints naming the electronic stability control (esc), about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V176000 ranks 39 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V176000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 1 other recall on the electronic stability control (esc) on this site; the one before 10V176000 was 10V159000, reported on April 20, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003 SEQUOIA PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 1, 2002 THROUGH APRIL 17, 2003. THE CENTER POSITION OF THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR (SAS) MAY NOT BE STORED CORRECTLY DUE TO IMPROPER LOGIC OF THE SKID CONTROL ECU PROGRAMMING. THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) SYSTEM COULD ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEED FOR A FEW SECONDS DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION.
- The risk
- SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS QUICKLY AS THE DRIVER EXPECTS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REFLASH THE ECU. IF THE REFLASH CANNOT BE COMPLETED ON A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THE ECU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 11, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
- Notes
- TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL NO. AOG.
Reported April 30, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V176000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V176000, 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: April 30, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted