NHTSA Campaign 13V396000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER
NHTSA campaign 13V396000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the hybrid propulsion system: inverter. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 13V396000 with NHTSA on September 4, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V396000, NHTSA lists up to 133,081 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 16, 2005 and July 29, 2010.
The 13V396000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V396000 were scheduled from November 4, 2013, 61 days after the report.
13V396000 covers 2 models from Lexus and Toyota, model years 2006–2010.
Owners of the model years 13V396000 covers have filed at least 64 complaints naming the hybrid propulsion system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V396000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid has the most (45).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V396000 ranks 80 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 13V396000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 9 other recalls on the hybrid propulsion system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 Highlander hybrid vehicles manufactured February 16, 2005, through July 29, 2010; and model year 2006-2008 Lexus RX400h vehicles manufactured February 23, 2005, through December 2, 2008. The Intelligent Power Module (IPM) inside the inverter module may contain transistors that have higher operating temperatures than the solder can support and the transistors may be heat damaged by the solder. If this occurs, various warning lamps, including the malfunction indicator lamp, slip indicator light, brake system warning light, and master warning light, will be illuminated on the instrument panel.
- The risk
- The vehicle may enter a fail-safe/limp-home mode that limits the drivability of the vehicle. It is possible that the hybrid system will shut down while the vehicle is being driven, causing the vehicle to stall unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the IPM free of charge. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331. Vehicles that had their IPM replaced under recall 11V-342 are not affected by this campaign.
Reported September 4, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V396000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V396000, 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: September 4, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted