Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 17, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 802,769. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Avalon, Avalon HV, Venza, Camry, and Camry HV vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the drain hose for the air conditioning condenser may become clogged causing water to accumulate at the bottom of the air conditioning condenser unit housing. The accumulated water may then leak through a seam in the housing onto the air bag control module potentially resulting in a short circuit of the module.
The risk
A short circuit may cause the air bags to become disabled or inadvertently deploy. An inadvertent airbag deployment can increase the risk of injury or the possibility of a crash. An inoperative airbag can increase the risk of injury in a severe crash. The power steering assist could also become inoperable resulting in increased steering effort and can increase the risk of a crash at low speeds.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will seal the air conditioning condenser unit housing and install a protective cover on the airbag control module, free of charge. The recall began on February 5, 2014. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Toyota Avalon | 137 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2013 Toyota Camry | 274 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| 2013 Toyota Venza | 59 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2012 Toyota Avalon | 30 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2012 Toyota Camry | 590 | 2 | 6 | 84 |
| 2012 Toyota Venza | 25 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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 13V442000.
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