Toyota Rav4. Published by Transport Canada as 1996170 on 21 October 1996. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says These vehicles do not comply with c.m.v.s.s 108 - lighting.
the daytime running lamp (drl) relay that switches the drl circuit to the headlamp circuit, which leads to increased luminous intensity when the headlamp switch is turned on, was not installed on these vehicles. therefore these vehicles do not conform to the …
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Toyota RAV4 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Toyota RAV4 is named on 25 American notices, 19 British, 22 European, 9 Japanese and 51 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00160/20: Toyota Celica, Rav4, Starlet And Yaris, notified by Portugal
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00216/20: Lexus, Toyota Rav4, Highlander, Land Cruiser Prado (Toyota), RX350, Rx450h (Lexus), notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00825/20: Toyota Rav4, notified by Portugal
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996170
- Recall date
- 21 October 1996
- Make
- Toyota
- Models
- RAV4
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,144
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S 108 - LIGHTING.
THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP (DRL) RELAY THAT SWITCHES THE DRL CIRCUIT TO THE HEADLAMP CIRCUIT, WHICH LEADS TO INCREASED LUMINOUS INTENSITY WHEN THE HEADLAMP SWITCH IS TURNED ON, WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THESE VEHICLES. THEREFORE THESE VEHICLES DO NOT CONFORM TO THE HEADLAMP LUMINOUS INTENSITY REQUIREMENT IN THE STANDARD.
CORRECTION: DRL RELAY WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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Toyota elsewhere in this register
Toyota is named on 312 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996110 · 16 July 1996 · Tacoma · Suspension
- 1996073 · 14 May 1996 · Camry · Suspension
- 1996209 · 15 April 1996 · Corolla · Airbag
- 1997059 · 20 March 1997 · Corolla · Airbag
- 1997082 · 14 April 1997 · Previa · Powertrain
- 1997141 · 14 August 1997 · Tacoma · Other
- 1997155 · 15 September 1997 · Avalon, Es 300, Camry · Brakes
- 1995207 · 17 November 1995 · Tacoma · Electrical
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996171 · 23 October 1996 · Gl1500 · Lights And Instruments
- 1996158 · 7 October 1996 · 5 Series, 7 Series, 3 Series · Lights And Instruments
- 1996155 · 1 October 1996 · Fifth Wheel Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1996152 · 27 September 1996 · Fifth Wheel Trailer, Motorhome, Travel Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1996149 · 23 September 1996 · Utility Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1996140 · 16 September 1996 · Flatdeck Trailer · Lights And Instruments
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Toyota Rav4, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Toyota: 312 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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