NHTSA Campaign 12V255000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
NHTSA campaign 12V255000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: other: owners/service/other manual. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 12V255000 with NHTSA on June 5, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V255000, NHTSA lists up to 1,156 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 22, 2012 and May 14, 2012.
The 12V255000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V255000 were scheduled from July 3, 2012, 28 days after the report.
12V255000 covers 1 model from Scion, model years 2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V255000 ranks 181 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 12V255000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 10 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 12V255000 was 11V560000, reported on November 30, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2013 SCION FR-S VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 22, 2012, THROUGH MAY 14, 2012. THE OWNERS MANUAL CONTAINS AN INACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. OTHER PORTIONS OF THE OWNERS MANUAL, DESCRIBING THE AIR BAG SYSTEM, REQUIRE CLARIFICATION. AS SUCH, THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD (FMVSS) NO. 208, OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION.
- The risk
- IF A USER READS AND FOLLOWS INACCURATE OWNERS MANUAL INFORMATION, THIS COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY TO A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT UNDER CERTAIN CRASH CONDITIONS.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND WILL MAIL CORRECTED INSERTS FOR THE OWNERS MANUALS, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 3, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-866-707-2466.
Reported June 5, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V255000 (1)
Scion (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V255000, 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 5, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted