Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 20, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 544. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain Toyota Racing Development (TRD) brake kits, part numbers PTR09-21111 and PTR09-52080, sold by Toyota as an optional accessory for model year 2008-2015 Scion xB, and 2011-2016 Scion tC vehicles. Over time, the brake hoses in these kits may fatigue and fail.
The risk
Failure of a brake hose will reduce braking performance and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify all known owners of the Scion xB and Scion tC vehicles upon which an involved optional TRD Brake Kit could have been installed. If the vehicle is equipped with one of the TRD brake kits, it will be replaced with a standard equipment brake kit, free of charge. The recall began November 16, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0U.
14 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Scion TC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 Scion TC | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 Scion XB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 Scion TC | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 Scion XB | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 Scion TC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 Scion XB | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 Scion TC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 Scion XB | 45 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 Scion TC | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 Scion XB | 54 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 Scion XB | 55 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 Scion XB | 140 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| 2008 Scion XB | 339 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
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 18E091000.
Full record for the 2016 Scion TC → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →