NHTSA Campaign 13V030000
VISIBILITY/WIPER
NHTSA campaign 13V030000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the visibility/wiper. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 13V030000 with NHTSA on January 30, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V030000, NHTSA lists up to 267,718 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 10, 2009 and October 6, 2011.
The 13V030000 report reached NHTSA 16 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V030000 were scheduled from October 29, 2013, 272 days after the report.
13V030000 covers 1 model from Lexus, model years 2008–2011.
Owners of the model years 13V030000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the visibility/wiper, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V030000 vehicles, the 2008 Lexus Is F has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V030000 ranks 51 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 13V030000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 1 other recall on the visibility/wiper on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 Lexus IS250 and IS350 vehicles manufactured August 23, 2005, through October 5, 2011; 2010-2012 Lexus IS250C and IS350C vehicles manufactured April 10, 2009, through October 6, 2011; and 2008-2011 Lexus IS-F vehicles manufactured December 14, 2007, through July 10, 2011. The nuts that fasten the wiper arms may be insufficiently torqued such that if the wiper arms are restricted by an external load, such as a buildup of heavy snow, one or both of the wipers may become inoperative.
- The risk
- Inoperative wipers could reduce driver visibility and increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and Lexus dealers will install new wiper arm nuts, free of charge. An interim letter was mailed to owners on April 4, 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported January 30, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V030000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V030000, 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: January 30, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted