NHTSA Campaign 12V542000
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
NHTSA campaign 12V542000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the tires: temporary/emergency spare tire. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 12V542000 with NHTSA on November 23, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V542000, NHTSA lists up to 150,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 28, 2000 and August 27, 2004.
The 12V542000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V542000 were scheduled from February 15, 2013, 84 days after the report.
12V542000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2001–2004.
Owners of the model years 12V542000 covers have filed at least 21 complaints naming the tires, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V542000 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Tacoma has the most (21).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V542000 ranks 73 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 12V542000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 5 other recalls on the tires on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2001 through 2004 Tacoma light trucks manufactured from August 28, 2000, through August 27, 2004, and originally sold, or currently registered, in the following cold climate states with high road salt usage: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. The spare tire in the subject vehicles is located underneath the rear of the vehicle and held by a spare tire carrier. A lift plate on the carrier is used to help raise, lower and retain the tire. During its manufacture, the lift plate may not have been sufficiently coated with anti-corrosion materials. If the plate is insufficiently coated and the vehicle is operated in cold climate regions where road salts are frequently used, road spray can reach the carrier assembly and corrode the lift plate.
- The risk
- Corrosion of the plate could cause it to break, which could result in detachment of the spare tire from the vehicle. Detachment of the spare tire could result in a road hazard which may increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, dealers will inspect the vehicle and replace the spare tire carrier lift plate as necessary, free of charge. The recall began in February 2013. Owners may contact their Toyota dealer or the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported November 23, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V542000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V542000, 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 23, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted