NHTSA Campaign 12V536000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 12V536000 covers 6 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 12V536000 with NHTSA on November 14, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V536000, NHTSA lists up to 350,662 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 6, 2003 and March 30, 2009.
The 12V536000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V536000 were scheduled from January 17, 2013, 64 days after the report.
12V536000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2004–2009.
Owners of the model years 12V536000 covers have filed at least 89 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V536000 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Prius has the most (89).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V536000 ranks 44 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 12V536000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 7 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 12V536000 was 11V539000, reported on November 9, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004-2009 Prius vehicles manufactured August 6, 2003, through March 30, 2009 and FCHV-adv vehicles manufactured December 12, 2008, through September 13, 2011. During manufacturing, a scratch may have occurred inside of the electrically driven water pump at the coil wire. The coil wire may corrode at the scratched portion.
- The risk
- The corroded coil wire may break and the water pump could stop. The corroded coil wire could cause a short circuit between coil wires and a possible open fuse, creating a stall-like condition of the hybrid system while the vehicle is being driven. This may increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify its owners, and dealers will replace the electric water pump, free of charge. The recall began on January 17, 2013. Owners may contact their Toyota dealer or the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported November 14, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V536000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V536000, 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 14, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted