NHTSA Campaign 16V198000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA campaign 16V198000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 16V198000 with NHTSA on April 7, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V198000, NHTSA lists up to 16,656 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 26, 2015 and February 8, 2016.
The 16V198000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V198000 were scheduled from May 4, 2016, 27 days after the report.
16V198000 covers 3 models from Lexus and Toyota, model years 2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V198000 ranks 137 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V198000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 10 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 16V198000 was 15V341000, reported on June 3, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota RAV4 vehicles manufactured October 30, 2015, to February 3, 2016, 2016 Lexus RX350 vehicles manufactured October 26, 2015, to February 8, 2016, and 2016 Lexus ES350 vehicles manufactured September 1, 2015, to February 29, 2016. These vehicles are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during ABS, Traction Control, or Stability Control activation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."
- The risk
- Insufficient brake fluid pressure may cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on May 4, 2016, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0I, GLC.
Reported April 7, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V198000 (3)
Lexus (2)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V198000, 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 7, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted