NHTSA Campaign 11V112000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
NHTSA campaign 11V112000 covers 12 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal. The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 11V112000 with NHTSA on February 24, 2011; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 11V112000, NHTSA lists up to 769,379 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 22, 2003 and July 26, 2006.
The 11V112000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V112000 were scheduled from May 6, 2011, 71 days after the report.
11V112000 covers 5 models from Lexus and Toyota, model years 2004–2007.
Owners of the model years 11V112000 covers have filed at least 223 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V112000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Highlander has the most (43).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V112000 ranks 6 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V112000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 7 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 11V112000 was 10V023000, reported on January 27, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 HIGHLANDER, HIGHLANDER HYBRID, AND MODEL YEAR 2004-2007 LEXUS RX330, RX350, AND RX400H VEHICLES. IF THE FORWARD RETENTION CLIP USED TO SECURE THE FLOOR CARPET COVER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE CENTER CONSOLE, IS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY THE COVER MAY LEAN TOWARD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARM.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY TEMPORARILY BECOME STUCK IN A PARTIALLY DEPRESSED POSITION RATHER THAN RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. A STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY RESULT IN UNINTENDED AND SUSTAINED VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FLOOR CARPET COVER WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED ONE FREE OR CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MARCH 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
- Notes
- TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL BOA LEXUS SAFETY RECALL NO. BLC.
Reported February 24, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V112000 (12)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V112000, 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: February 24, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted