Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 15, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 209,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2007 through 2013 FJ Cruiser passenger vehicles. The retractors for the front driver and passenger seat belts are mounted in the access door (rear door) panels of the vehicle. Due to insufficient strength of the access door panel, cracks may develop in the panel if the access door is repeatedly and forcefully closed over an extended period of time.
The risk
If cracks occur in the panel around the lower retractor anchor, the seat belt retractor could become detached, which could increase the risk of injury to an occupant in the event of a crash.
The remedy
The safety recall began on June 6, 2013. Toyota will mail an interim letter to owners late in April 2013. Remedy notifications to the owners for the repair will begin in late May 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 66 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 124 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser | 593 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
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 13V098000.
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