Toyota Avalon. Published by Transport Canada as 2010253 on 29 July 2010. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a minute crack may develop on the surface of the steering lock bar, which is a component of the steering interlock system. Such a crack may expand over a period of repeated lock and unlock operations, and eventually the lock bar could break. If this occurs, the interlock system may become …
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Toyota AVALON in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010253
- Recall date
- 29 July 2010
- Make
- Toyota
- Models
- Avalon
- Model years
- 2000 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,169
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a minute crack may develop on the surface of the steering lock bar, which is a component of the steering interlock system. Such a crack may expand over a period of repeated lock and unlock operations, and eventually the lock bar could break. If this occurs, the interlock system may become difficult to unlock when stationary. If the vehicle is steered to the right while in motion with sufficient lateral acceleration, a broken and loose lock bar may move toward the steering shaft. If the engagement hole in the shaft happens to line up at the specific time the broken lock bar has moved, this could cause the steering wheel lock bar to engage, resulting in a sudden loss of steering control. Correction: Dealers will replace the steering interlock device.
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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.
- 2010288 · 26 August 2010 · Corolla, Matrix · Engine
- 2010323 · 28 September 2010 · Yaris · Accessories
- 2010361 · 21 October 2010 · Highlander, RX 330, Avalon · Brakes
- 2010139 · 29 April 2010 · Sequoia · Steering
- 2010123 · 19 April 2010 · Sienna · Other
- 2010124 · 19 April 2010 · Tundra, Highlander Hybrid, Highlander · Accessories
- 2010439 · 13 December 2010 · Sienna · Brakes
- 2010043 · 12 February 2010 · Tacoma · Powertrain
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010227 · 13 July 2010 · Business Class M2, L-Line, Acterra · Steering
- 2010222 · 7 July 2010 · All American School Bus · Steering
- 2010216 · 30 June 2010 · W900, T660, T2000 · Steering
- 2010201 · 14 June 2010 · 4900 · Steering
- 2010200 · 11 June 2010 · Prostar, 8600, Lonestar · Steering
- 2010311 · 15 September 2010 · LFS · Steering
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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 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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