Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Electronic Stability Control (esc) › Control Module › Software
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 13, 2022 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 458,110. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022 Lexus LX 600, Lexus NX 350h, Lexus NX 450h+, Toytoa RAV4 Hybrid, 2021-2022 Lexus LS 500h, Toyota Mirai, RAV4 PRIME, Sienna, Venza, and 2020-2022 Toyota Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The Skid Control ECU software may not turn on the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system when the vehicle is restarted after the driver has disabled the VSC system. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."
The risk
Driving with a deactivated stability control system increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the Skid Control ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 27, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 22TA03. Lexus' number for this recall is 22LA01.
21 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Lexus LS Hybrid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Lexus LX600 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Lexus NX350H | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 Lexus NX450H+ | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Toyota Mirai | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 Toyota Redundant Sienna | 119 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 Toyota Redundant Venza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Toyota Sienna Hybrid | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 Toyota Venza Hybrid | 42 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 Lexus LS Hybrid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Toyota Mirai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime | 99 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 Toyota Redundant Sienna | 165 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2021 Toyota Redundant Venza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid | 188 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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 22V239000.
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