Toyota Highlander, Rx 330, Avalon, Gs 300, Is 350, Is 250. Published by Transport Canada as 2010361 on 21 October 2010. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Certain vehicles use brake fluids containing polymers that act as lubricants for certain brake system components. If during vehicle maintenance, brake fluid is used that does not contain such polymers or only small amounts, part of the internal rubber seal located at the end of the brake master cylinder piston may …
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Toyota HIGHLANDER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Toyota HIGHLANDER is named on 20 American notices, 8 British, 11 European and 39 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2015/206: Toyota (GB) Yaris, Auris, Highlander and 4 more (Risk of fire)
- DVSA recall R/2021/315: Toyota (GB) Corolla, RAV4, Yaris and 2 more (THE EMERGENCY CALLING SYSTEM (eCall) MAY NOT FUNCTION WHEN REQUIRED)
- DVSA recall R/2022/165: Toyota (GB) Highlander (Specific points on the front seat back frames were not manufactured...)
The European 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
- 2010361
- Recall date
- 21 October 2010
- Make
- Toyota, Lexus
- Models
- Highlander, RX 330, Avalon, GS 300, Is 350, Is 250
- Model years
- 2004 to 2006
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 28,679
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles use brake fluids containing polymers that act as lubricants for certain brake system components. If during vehicle maintenance, brake fluid is used that does not contain such polymers or only small amounts, part of the internal rubber seal located at the end of the brake master cylinder piston may become dry and may curl during movement of the piston. If this occurs, a small amount of the brake fluid could slowly leak from the brake master cylinder into the brake booster, resulting in illumination of the brake warning lamp. If the brake warning light has illuminated and the vehicle continues to be operated without refilling the master cylinder brake fluid reservoir, the driver will begin to notice a spongy or soft brake pedal feel and braking performance may gradually decline. This will increase the stopping distance, increasing the likelihood of a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the brake master cylinder seal with a newly designed one.
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 2010361.
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.
- 2010323 · 28 September 2010 · Yaris · Accessories
- 2010439 · 13 December 2010 · Sienna · Brakes
- 2010288 · 26 August 2010 · Corolla, Matrix · Engine
- 2010253 · 29 July 2010 · Avalon · Steering
- 2010139 · 29 April 2010 · Sequoia · Steering
- 2010123 · 19 April 2010 · Sienna · Other
- 2010124 · 19 April 2010 · Tundra, Highlander Hybrid, Highlander · Accessories
- 2010043 · 12 February 2010 · Tacoma · Powertrain
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010328 · 1 October 2010 · 7 Series, Phantom, 6 Series · Brakes
- 2010400 · 11 November 2010 · Bounder, Terra, Bounder Classic · Brakes
- 2010422 · 24 November 2010 · Freightliner M2 Conversion To Sit-Down Dual-Drive · Brakes
- 2010425 · 24 November 2010 · Sorento · Brakes
- 2010430 · 1 December 2010 · Santa Fe · Brakes
- 2010225 · 12 July 2010 · Zr1000 · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Toyota Highlander, 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 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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