Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Suspension › Rear
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 2, 2012 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 780,584. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2006 through 2011 RAV4 and 2010 Lexus HS250h passenger vehicles manufactured from October 2005 through September 2010. If the nuts for adjusting the rear wheel alignment are improperly tightened during service, the rear suspension arm (rear tie rod) may develop unwanted movement and rust, leading to thread damage and eventual failure. Failure of the rear tie rod will cause an abrupt change in the vehicle's alignment.
The risk
Failure of the rear tie rod could cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear tie-rod nut for looseness and replace any suspect tie-rod found loose. Dealers will also affix instructions in multiple places to prevent improper servicing in the future. The recall began on November 30, 2012. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331 or Lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Toyota RAV4 | 287 | 11 | 8 | 44 |
| 2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid | 76 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2010 Toyota RAV4 | 400 | 14 | 3 | 57 |
| 2009 Toyota RAV4 | 327 | 15 | 3 | 52 |
| 2008 Toyota RAV4 | 575 | 14 | 16 | 42 |
| 2007 Toyota RAV4 | 1,004 | 14 | 37 | 53 |
| 2006 Toyota RAV4 | 705 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 12V373000.
Full record for the 2011 Toyota RAV4 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →