NHTSA Campaign 13V098000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NHTSA campaign 13V098000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: anchorage. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 13V098000 with NHTSA on March 15, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V098000, NHTSA lists up to 209,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 25, 2006 and February 23, 2013.
The 13V098000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V098000 were scheduled from June 6, 2013, 83 days after the report.
13V098000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2007–2013.
Owners of the model years 13V098000 covers have filed at least 20 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V098000 vehicles, the 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V098000 ranks 59 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 13V098000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 8 other recalls on the seat belts on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2007 through 2013 FJ Cruiser passenger vehicles. The retractors for the front driver and passenger seat belts are mounted in the access door (rear door) panels of the vehicle. Due to insufficient strength of the access door panel, cracks may develop in the panel if the access door is repeatedly and forcefully closed over an extended period of time.
- The risk
- If cracks occur in the panel around the lower retractor anchor, the seat belt retractor could become detached, which could increase the risk of injury to an occupant in the event of a crash.
- The fix
- The safety recall began on June 6, 2013. Toyota will mail an interim letter to owners late in April 2013. Remedy notifications to the owners for the repair will begin in late May 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported March 15, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V098000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V098000, 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 15, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted