NHTSA Campaign 20V064000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 20V064000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 20V064000 with NHTSA on February 6, 2020; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 20V064000, NHTSA lists up to 44,191 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 20V064000 were scheduled from April 3, 2020, 57 days after the report.
20V064000 covers 4 models from Toyota, model years 2019–2020.
By potentially affected vehicles, 20V064000 ranks 112 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 20V064000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 7 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 20V064000 was 18V200000, reported on March 28, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid and Lexus ES300h and 2019-2020 RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid vehicles equipped with 2.5L 4-Cylinder engines. Porosity in the engine castings may result in cracks than can allow coolant to leak internally and/or externally.
- The risk
- A coolant leak can cause the engine to overheat and cause a vehicle stall in conventional gasoline vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash. Additionally, for all involved vehicles, the engine may get damaged mechanically, possibly resulting in an engine oil leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the engine including the engine block, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 3, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 or Lexus at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TA04. Lexus' number for this recall is 20LA02.
Reported February 6, 2020
Vehicles covered by 20V064000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 20V064000, 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: February 6, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted