NHTSA Campaign 11V306000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
NHTSA campaign 11V306000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: driveline: driveshaft. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 11V306000 with NHTSA on June 1, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V306000, NHTSA lists up to 50 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 8, 2011 and March 10, 2011.
The 11V306000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V306000 were scheduled from June 22, 2011, 21 days after the report.
11V306000 covers 2 models from Toyota, model years 2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V306000 ranks 212 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 11V306000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 12 other recalls on the power train on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 VENZA AND SIENNA PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 7, THROUGH MARCH 10, 2011. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE FRONT, RIGHT, DRIVE SHAFT MAY BREAK DUE TO INSUFFICIENT HEAT TREATMENT.
- The risk
- SHOULD THE DRIVE SHAFT BREAK DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE DRIVE SHAFT, AND, IF THE DRIVE SHAFT IS IDENTIFIED AS ONE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY MANUFACTURED, IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE AT NO CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 22, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported June 1, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V306000 (2)
Toyota (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V306000, 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: June 1, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted