NHTSA Campaign 10V384000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 10V384000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 10V384000 with NHTSA on August 26, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V384000, NHTSA lists up to 1,128,659 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 19, 2004 and January 2, 2008.
The 10V384000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V384000 were scheduled from November 29, 2010, 95 days after the report.
10V384000 covers 2 models from Toyota, model years 2005–2008.
Owners of the model years 10V384000 covers have filed at least 348 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V384000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Corolla has the most (104).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V384000 ranks 4 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V384000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 10V384000 was 10V309000, reported on July 6, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2008 COROLLA AND COROLLA MATRIX VEHICLES. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) FOR THE SUBJECT MODELS EQUIPPED WITH THE 1ZZ-FE ENGINE AND TWO-WHEEL DRIVE MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A CRACK MAY DEVELOP AT CERTAIN SOLDER POINTS OR ON VARISTORS ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD.
- The risk
- THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WARNINGS AND CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECT. THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP COULD BE ILLUMINATED, HARSH SHIFTING COULD RESULT, THE ENGINE MAY NOT START, OR THE ENGINE COULD SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. AN ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE PRODUCTION NUMBER OF THE ECM AND REPLACE THE ECM IF NECESSARY. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. TOYOTA WILL MAIL AN INTERIM OWNER NOTIFICATION THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER 2010 TO ADVISE OWNERS OF THIS DEFECT AND RECALL. THIS INTERIM NOTIFICATION WILL INFORM OWNERS THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE A FUTURE NOTIFICATION WHEN PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE TO HAVE THE FREE REMEDY PERFORMED ON THEIR VEHICLE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 29, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported August 26, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V384000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V384000, 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 26, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted