Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Hybrid Propulsion System › Inverter
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 14, 2012 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 350,662. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004-2009 Prius vehicles manufactured August 6, 2003, through March 30, 2009 and FCHV-adv vehicles manufactured December 12, 2008, through September 13, 2011. During manufacturing, a scratch may have occurred inside of the electrically driven water pump at the coil wire. The coil wire may corrode at the scratched portion.
The risk
The corroded coil wire may break and the water pump could stop. The corroded coil wire could cause a short circuit between coil wires and a possible open fuse, creating a stall-like condition of the hybrid system while the vehicle is being driven. This may increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify its owners, and dealers will replace the electric water pump, free of charge. The recall began on January 17, 2013. Owners may contact their Toyota dealer or the Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Toyota Fchv-Adv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Toyota Fchv-Adv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Toyota Fchv-Adv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Toyota Prius | 502 | 6 | 4 | 64 |
| 2008 Toyota Prius | 1,497 | 4 | 6 | 152 |
| 2007 Toyota Prius | 2,004 | 4 | 9 | 124 |
| 2006 Toyota Prius | 1,440 | 6 | 5 | 82 |
| 2005 Toyota Prius | 1,051 | 6 | 4 | 102 |
| 2004 Toyota Prius | 610 | 6 | 2 | 38 |
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 12V536000.
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