NHTSA Campaign 10V499000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 10V499000 covers 5 year-make-model versions 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 10V499000 with NHTSA on October 21, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V499000, NHTSA lists up to 728,544 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V499000 were scheduled from November 15, 2010, 25 days after the report.
10V499000 covers 2 models from Toyota, model years 2004–2006.
Owners of the model years 10V499000 covers have filed at least 53 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V499000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Highlander has the most (23).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V499000 ranks 8 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V499000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 8 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 10V499000 was 10V040000, reported on February 9, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2006 AVALON, MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 HIGHLANDER, MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 LEXUS RX, AND MODEL YEAR 2006 LEXUS GS AND IS VEHICLES. BRAKE FLUID CONTAINING POLYMERS IS USED THAT ACTS AS LUBRICANTS FOR CERTAIN BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS. IF REPLACEMENT BRAKE FLUID IS USED THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN SUCH POLYMERS, OR THAT CONTAINS ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS, A PART OF THE RUBBER SEAL LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER MAY BECOME DRY, AND THE SEAL MAY CURL DURING MOVEMENT OF THE PISTON. IF THIS OCCURS, A SMALL AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID COULD SLOWLY LEAK FROM THE SEAL INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER.
- The risk
- A LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID COULD LEAD TO A CHANGE IN BRAKE PEDAL FEEL AND OVERTIME A DEGRADATION IN BRAKING PERFORMANCE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SEAL WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED ONE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331 AND LEXUS AT 1-800-255-3987.
Reported October 21, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V499000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V499000, 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: October 21, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted