NHTSA Campaign 11V539000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 11V539000 covers 13 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 11V539000 with NHTSA on November 9, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V539000, NHTSA lists up to 420,326 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 2004 and January 31, 2005.
The 11V539000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V539000 were scheduled from December 31, 2011, 52 days after the report.
11V539000 covers 8 models from Lexus and Toyota, model years 2004–2006.
Owners of the model years 11V539000 covers have filed at least 62 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V539000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid has the most (28).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V539000 ranks 40 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 11V539000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 7 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 AVALON VEHICLES; 2004 AND 2005 CAMRY, CAMRY SOLARA, HIGHLANDER, AND SIENNA VEHICLES, 2006 HIGHLANDER HYBRID; 2004 AND 2005 LEXUS ES330 AND RX330; AND 2006 LEXUS RX400H VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 1, 2004 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2005, EQUIPPED WITH THE 1MZ-FE OR 3MZ-FE ENGINE. THE AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE AGENT APPLIED BETWEEN THE OUTER RING AND THE TORSIONAL RUBBER DAMPER (INNER RING) IN THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY MAY BE INADEQUATE. IF THE ADHESIVE IS INSUFFICIENT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE OUTER RING MAY BECOME MISALIGNED AND IT MAY NOT PROPERLY ROTATE WITH THE INNER RING, CAUSING NOISE AND/OR ILLUMINATION OF THE BATTERY DISCHARGE INDICATOR LIGHT.
- The risk
- IN SOME CASES, THE BELT FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY BECOME DETACHED FROM THE PULLEY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL CHECK THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY TO IDENTIFY WHETHER IT WAS PRODUCED BY THE U.S. SUPPLIER. IF SO, THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE PULLEY WITH A NEW ONE AT NO CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING EARLY JANUARY 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported November 9, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V539000 (13)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V539000, 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: November 9, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted