TOYOTA RAV4, HS 250h. Published by Transport Canada as 2013327 on 25 September 2013. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On some vehicles, if the rear wheel alignment toe adjustment locking nuts are improperly tightened when an alignment is performed in the field, backlash may develop in the threaded portion of the suspension arm (shaft and turnbuckle), followed by the formation of rust. If this occurs, threads may wear, causing the arm …
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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
- 2013327
- Recall date
- 25 September 2013
- Make
- Toyota, Lexus
- Models
- RAV4, HS 250h
- Model years
- 2006 to 2011
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 100,100
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On some vehicles, if the rear wheel alignment toe adjustment locking nuts are improperly tightened when an alignment is performed in the field, backlash may develop in the threaded portion of the suspension arm (shaft and turnbuckle), followed by the formation of rust. If this occurs, threads may wear, causing the arm to separate which could result in loss of vehicle control. Correction: Dealers will inspect the suspension arm threads for corrosion. If corrosion is found, the arm(s) will be replaced. If no corrosion is found, an epoxy sealer will be applied to the suspension arm to inhibit corrosion. Note: This recall supersedes recall 2012253. Vehicles that were repaired under the previous campaign will also need to be repaired under this campaign.
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 2013327.
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.
- 2013329 · 26 September 2013 · Sienna · Powertrain
- 2013317 · 20 September 2013 · Corolla · Structure
- 2013296 · 4 September 2013 · RX 400h, HIGHLANDER HYBRID · Other
- 2013352 · 10 October 2013 · Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Camry · Electrical
- 2013353 · 10 October 2013 · Tacoma, Tundra · Accessories
- 2013359 · 17 October 2013 · Camry, Camry Hybrid, Venza · Airbag
- 2013273 · 7 August 2013 · Tacoma · Seats And Restraints
- 2013274 · 7 August 2013 · Sienna · Label
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013383 · 4 November 2013 · All American Non-School Bus, Conventional Non-School Bus · Suspension
- 2013384 · 4 November 2013 · Conventional School Bus, All American School Bus · Suspension
- 2013256 · 26 July 2013 · Griso, Stelvio NTX, Norge · Suspension
- 2013241 · 9 July 2013 · RVR · Suspension
- 2013232 · 4 July 2013 · 4500, 5500 · Suspension
- 2013436 · 13 December 2013 · Mb200c · Suspension
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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 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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