Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Service Brakes
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 24, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 6,925. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2019 Lexus LS500, LC500, ES300h, UX250h, LS500h, Toyota Prius, RAV4 HV, 2019-2020 Toyota Prius Prime, and 2020 Corolla HV vehicles. The brake booster pump may fail causing a deactivation of the Vehicle Stability Control system and a loss of braking assist. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."
The risk
Deactivation of the vehicle stability control system or a loss of braking assist increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the brake booster pump, free of charge. The recall began September 20, 2019. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 and Lexus owners may contact Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are K1L/K0L. Lexus' numbers for this recall are K2F/KLF.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Toyota Prius Prime | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 Lexus ES Hybrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Lexus LC500 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Lexus LS Hybrid | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Lexus LS500 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 Lexus UX Hybrid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 Toyota Prius | 30 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 Toyota Prius Prime | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid | 22 | 3 | 0 | 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 19V544000.
Full record for the 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →