NHTSA Campaign 13V163000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
NHTSA campaign 13V163000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the exterior lighting. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 13V163000 with NHTSA on April 25, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V163000, NHTSA lists up to 208,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 25, 2006 and February 23, 2013.
The 13V163000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V163000 were scheduled from June 6, 2013, 42 days after the report.
13V163000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2007–2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V163000 ranks 60 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 13V163000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 7 other recalls on the exterior lighting on this site; the one before 13V163000 was 12V091000, reported on March 7, 2012.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2007-2013 FJ Cruiser vehicles manufactured January 25, 2006 through February 23, 2013 and equipped with a Toyota Auxiliary Driving Lamp Kits mounted to the front bumper. These lamp assemblies include 55 watt bulbs and due to this wattage and mounting angle, the combination of the upper beam headlamps plus the auxiliary lamps are too bright and exceed the maximum light output allowed for an upper beam headlamp. Therefore, these vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, "Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
- The risk
- Light intensities above the maximum allowable limit could cause increased glare for oncoming traffic and increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the 55 watt bulbs with 35 watt bulbs, free of charge. The recall began on June 6, 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported April 25, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V163000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V163000, 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: April 25, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted