Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Exterior Lighting
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 25, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 208,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2007-2013 FJ Cruiser vehicles manufactured January 25, 2006 through February 23, 2013 and equipped with a Toyota Auxiliary Driving Lamp Kits mounted to the front bumper. These lamp assemblies include 55 watt bulbs and due to this wattage and mounting angle, the combination of the upper beam headlamps plus the auxiliary lamps are too bright and exceed the maximum light output allowed for an upper beam headlamp. Therefore, these vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, "Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
The risk
Light intensities above the maximum allowable limit could cause increased glare for oncoming traffic and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the 55 watt bulbs with 35 watt bulbs, free of charge. The recall began on June 6, 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 13V163000.
Full record for the 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →