NHTSA Campaign 14V148000
SEATS
NHTSA campaign 14V148000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seats. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 14V148000 with NHTSA on March 27, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V148000, NHTSA lists up to 46,757 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 13, 2013 and August 6, 2013.
The 14V148000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V148000 were scheduled from May 21, 2014, 55 days after the report.
14V148000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V148000 ranks 110 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 14V148000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 9 other recalls on the seats on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2013 Highlander vehicles manufactured March 13, 2013, through August 6, 2013. In the affected vehicles, the second row left hand seat may not lock in place when positioned in the forward front or second adjusting position. As such, the vehicles do not conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 207, "Seating Systems."
- The risk
- If the seat does not lock into the seat track, there may be an increased risk of injury to an occupant in the event of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will modify the second row left hand seat so that it will lock into the seat track, free of charge. The recall began on May 21, 2014. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported March 27, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V148000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V148000, 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 27, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted