NHTSA Campaign 10V345000
STEERING
NHTSA campaign 10V345000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering. The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 10V345000 with NHTSA on July 29, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V345000, NHTSA lists up to 372,593 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 28, 1999 and December 20, 2004.
The 10V345000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V345000 were scheduled from September 7, 2010, 40 days after the report.
10V345000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2000–2004.
Owners of the model years 10V345000 covers have filed at least 99 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V345000 vehicles, the 2000 Toyota Avalon has the most (34).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V345000 ranks 12 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V345000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 10V345000 was 06V188000, reported on May 31, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2000-2004 AVALON VEHICLES. DUE TO IMPROPER CASTING OF THE STEERING LOCK BAR, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A MINUTE CRACK MAY DEVELOP ON THE SURFACE OF THE LOCK BAR. SUCH A CRACK MAY EXPAND OVER A LONG PERIOD OF REPEATED LOCK AND UNLOCK OPERATIONS, AND EVENTUALLY THE LOCK BAR COULD BREAK.
- The risk
- SHOULD THE STEERING LOCK BAR BREAK, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK AND THE DRIVER WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING INTERLOCK DEVICE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
- Notes
- TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL NO. AOH.
Reported July 29, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V345000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V345000, 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 29, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted