NHTSA Campaign 26V203000
BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
NHTSA campaign 26V203000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the back over prevention: warnings: external/pedestrian alert. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 26V203000 with NHTSA on March 31, 2026; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 26V203000, NHTSA lists up to 73,528 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 4, 2023 and August 8, 2025.
The 26V203000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 26V203000 were scheduled from August 27, 2026, 149 days after the report.
26V203000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2023–2024.
By potentially affected vehicles, 26V203000 ranks 97 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 26V203000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 6 other recalls on the back over prevention on this site; the one before 26V203000 was 26V162000, reported on March 18, 2026.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Corolla Cross Hybrid vehicles. The vehicles may fail to make sufficient pedestrian warning sounds when in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."
- The risk
- Insufficient pedestrian warning sounds may fail to alert pedestrians of a reversing vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Dealers will update the software for the pedestrian warning sounds, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 1, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB08 and 26TA08.
Reported March 31, 2026
Vehicles covered by 26V203000 (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 26V203000, 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: March 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted