Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Visibility/Wiper
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 30, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 267,718. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 Lexus IS250 and IS350 vehicles manufactured August 23, 2005, through October 5, 2011; 2010-2012 Lexus IS250C and IS350C vehicles manufactured April 10, 2009, through October 6, 2011; and 2008-2011 Lexus IS-F vehicles manufactured December 14, 2007, through July 10, 2011. The nuts that fasten the wiper arms may be insufficiently torqued such that if the wiper arms are restricted by an external load, such as a buildup of heavy snow, one or both of the wipers may become inoperative.
The risk
Inoperative wipers could reduce driver visibility and increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and Lexus dealers will install new wiper arm nuts, free of charge. An interim letter was mailed to owners on April 4, 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
24 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Lexus IS 250 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 Lexus IS 250c | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Lexus IS 350 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Lexus IS 350c | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Lexus IS 250 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 Lexus IS 250c | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Lexus IS 350 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 Lexus IS 350c | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Lexus IS F | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Lexus IS 250 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 Lexus IS 250c | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Lexus IS 350 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Lexus IS 350c | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Lexus IS F | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Lexus IS 250 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 Lexus IS 350 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Lexus IS F | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Lexus IS 250 | 125 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 Lexus IS 350 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 Lexus IS F | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 Lexus IS 250 | 213 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 2007 Lexus IS 350 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 Lexus IS 250 | 189 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 Lexus IS 350 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
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 13V030000.
Full record for the 2012 Lexus IS 250 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →