NHTSA Campaign 12V091000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 12V091000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 12V091000 with NHTSA on March 7, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V091000, NHTSA lists up to 186,798 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009.
The 12V091000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V091000 were scheduled from April 12, 2012, 36 days after the report.
12V091000 covers 2 models from Toyota, model years 2009–2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V091000 ranks 62 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 12V091000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 7 other recalls on the exterior lighting on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 CAMRY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JULY 1, 2008, THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2009, AND MODEL YEAR 2009-2011 VENZA VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 20, 2008, THROUGH JANUARY 4, 2011. DURING ASSEMBLY OF THE CONTACT-TYPE STOP LAMP SWITCH, SILICONE GREASE MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE SWITCH WHICH COULD CAUSE CONTACT RESISTANCE. IF THIS OCCURS, WARNING LAMPS COULD ILLUMINATE, A NO START CONDITION COULD RESULT, THE SHIFT LEVER MAY NOT SHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION, OR THE VEHICLES BRAKE LIGHTS COULD BECOME INOPERATIVE.
- The risk
- INOPERATIVE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WARN OTHER DRIVERS THAT THE VEHICLE IS SLOWING OR STOPPING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 12, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported March 7, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V091000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V091000, 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: March 7, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted