Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Seats
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 9, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 472,388. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 Yaris vehicles manufactured August 22, 2005, through May 12, 2010, and 2008-2010 Scion xD vehicles manufactured April 4, 2007, through May 12, 2010. In the affected vehicles, the springs used for the seat rails on the driver's seat and the seat rails of the front passenger seat of three-door models may break.
The risk
If the spring breaks, the seat may not lock in position. In the event of a vehicle crash, the seat could move increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seat rail, and replace it with a new one, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began on July 3, 2014. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Scion XD | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Toyota Yaris | 90 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 Scion XD | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 Toyota Yaris | 92 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 2008 Scion XD | 67 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008 Toyota Yaris | 218 | 10 | 1 | 51 |
| 2007 Toyota Yaris | 258 | 10 | 6 | 36 |
| 2006 Toyota Yaris | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
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 14V169000.
Full record for the 2010 Scion XD → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →