NHTSA Campaign 15V728000
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING
NHTSA campaign 15V728000 covers 12 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 15V728000 with NHTSA on November 3, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V728000, NHTSA lists up to 30,812 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 18, 2012 and July 6, 2015.
The 15V728000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V728000 were scheduled from July 28, 2016, 268 days after the report.
15V728000 covers 4 models from Lexus and Toyota, model years 2013–2015.
Owners of the model years 15V728000 covers have filed at least 38 complaints naming the forward collision avoidance, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V728000 vehicles, the 2014 Toyota Avalon has the most (18).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V728000 ranks 126 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 15V728000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 1 other recall on the forward collision avoidance on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment. In these vehicles, the PCS may unexpectedly activate and apply the brakes when the radar detects a steel joint or plate in the roadway as an object.
- The risk
- A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and F2E.
Reported November 3, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V728000 (12)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V728000, 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: November 3, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted