Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Seat Belts › Rear/Other
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Feb 19, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,123,752. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 RAV4 vehicles manufactured July 28, 2005, to December 19, 2012, and 2012-2014 RAV4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. In the event of a frontal collision, the rear seat belts for the outboard seats may be cut by the seat cushion frame.
The risk
A cut seat belt may not properly restrain the seat occupant, increasing their risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install a protector over both rear seat cushion frames, free of charge. The recall began on June 24, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0F.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Toyota RAV4 EV | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Toyota RAV4 EV | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Toyota RAV4 | 260 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 Toyota RAV4 | 287 | 11 | 8 | 44 |
| 2010 Toyota RAV4 | 400 | 14 | 3 | 57 |
| 2009 Toyota RAV4 | 327 | 15 | 3 | 52 |
| 2008 Toyota RAV4 | 575 | 14 | 16 | 42 |
| 2007 Toyota RAV4 | 1,004 | 14 | 37 | 53 |
| 2006 Toyota RAV4 | 705 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
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 16V096000.
Full record for the 2014 Toyota RAV4 EV → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →