Toyota Prius, Rx 330. Published by Transport Canada as 2004409 on 23 November 2004. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a light emitting diode (LED) stop lamp, there is a possibility that silicon oxide may be generated on the surface of the contact point inside the stop lamp switch. Consequently, current may not flow at the contact, causing the stop lamp to become inoperative. The loss of stop lamps …
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Toyota PRIUS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Toyota PRIUS is named on 24 American notices, 26 British, 23 European and 46 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004409
- Recall date
- 23 November 2004
- Make
- Toyota, Lexus
- Models
- Prius, RX 330
- Model years
- 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 8,568
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a light emitting diode (LED) stop lamp, there is a possibility that silicon oxide may be generated on the surface of the contact point inside the stop lamp switch. Consequently, current may not flow at the contact, causing the stop lamp to become inoperative. The loss of stop lamps would result in failure to warn following drivers that the vehicle is braking and/or is stopped, which could lead to a vehicle crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the stop lamp switch.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2004409.
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.
- 2004335 · 14 September 2004 · Celica, Echo · Brakes
- 2004240 · 12 July 2004 · Camry · Airbag
- 2004127 · 7 April 2004 · Highlander · Other
- 2004042 · 30 January 2004 · Camry Solara, Camry · Label
- 2005032 · 15 February 2005 · Tacoma · Brakes
- 2005150 · 18 May 2005 · Avalon · Steering
- 2005151 · 18 May 2005 · Tacoma, 4runner, Sequoia · Suspension
- 2005223 · 20 June 2005 · Sienna · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004407 · 22 November 2004 · St1300, St1300a · Electrical
- 2004431 · 10 December 2004 · Durango · Electrical
- 2004432 · 10 December 2004 · T2000, T800, T600 · Electrical
- 2004433 · 10 December 2004 · St1300a, St1300 · Electrical
- 2004333 · 14 September 2004 · Ford Excursion Limousine, Lincoln Town Car Limousine · Electrical
- 2004226 · 7 July 2004 · Magnum, 300 · Electrical
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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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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