NHTSA Campaign 17V717000
PARKING BRAKE
NHTSA campaign 17V717000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the parking brake. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 17V717000 with NHTSA on November 15, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V717000, NHTSA lists up to 28,764 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 2, 2017 and October 17, 2017.
The 17V717000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V717000 were scheduled from November 29, 2017, 14 days after the report.
17V717000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2018.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V717000 ranks 127 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 17V717000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 1 other recall on the parking brake on this site; the one before 17V717000 was 16V741000, reported on October 14, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota CH-R vehicles. The electronic parking brake (EPB) may not operate properly, possibly causing the parking brake not to disengage after it is applied or prevent it from being applied. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS number 135, "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."
- The risk
- If the EPB cannot be applied, there is an increased risk of a vehicle rollaway if the vehicle is parked on a hill without being placed into "Park."
- The fix
- Toyota has notified owners, and dealers will update the programming of the skid control ECU as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2017. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0W.
Reported November 15, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V717000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V717000, 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 15, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted