NHTSA Campaign 17V658000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER
NHTSA campaign 17V658000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the hybrid propulsion system: inverter. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 17V658000 with NHTSA on October 18, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V658000, NHTSA lists up to 6 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 9, 2015 and June 8, 2016.
The 17V658000 report reached NHTSA 16 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V658000 were scheduled from December 15, 2017, 58 days after the report.
17V658000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V658000 ranks 220 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 17V658000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 9 other recalls on the hybrid propulsion system on this site; the one before 17V658000 was 15V449000, reported on July 15, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Prius vehicles. A capacitor within the hybrid system may not have been properly bolted to the inverter housing.
- The risk
- If the capacitor was not properly secured, vibrations from driving the vehicle may damage the capacitor, shutting down the hybrid system, causing a loss of motive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin by early December 2017. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0U.
Reported October 18, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V658000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V658000, 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: October 18, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted