{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Toyota recall 26V256 (26TB09 / 26TA09): 2025 RAV 4",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v256/",
  "summary": "Recall 26V256 (Toyota): Improperly welded seat brackets can prevent the seat from adequately restraining an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk...",
  "excerpt": "Toyota Rav4, model year 2025. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 22 April 2026. 4 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2025 RAV 4 vehicles. The front seat brackets for the seat rails may be welded improperly. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Toyota's own number for this recall: 26TB09 / 26TA09. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V256 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Improperly welded seat brackets can prevent the seat from adequately restraining an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.” 26V256 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Seats:Critical Fasteners 22 April 2026 2025-2025 TOYOTA RAV4 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2025 RAV 4 vehicles. The front seat brackets for the seat rails may be welded improperly. Improperly welded seat brackets can prevent the seat from adequately restraining an occu",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-20T20:11:32+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-08-20T20:11:32+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Toyota recall 26V256 (26TB09 / 26TA09): 2025 RAV 4\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v256/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}