Toyota Rav4. Published by Transport Canada as 2015409 on 17 September 2015. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a water channel located underneath the cowl louver at the base of the windshield and above the windshield wiper link assembly, due to stresses applied to the water channel during the manufacturing process, a section of the channel in some vehicles may become deformed and prevent water …
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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
- 2015409
- Recall date
- 17 September 2015
- Make
- Toyota
- Models
- RAV4
- Model years
- 2009 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 93,652
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a water channel located underneath the cowl louver at the base of the windshield and above the windshield wiper link assembly, due to stresses applied to the water channel during the manufacturing process, a section of the channel in some vehicles may become deformed and prevent water from draining properly. If water were to collect in the channel, it may drip onto the joint that connects the windshield wiper link and wiper motor. Over time, water dripping on this joint could result in corrosion and/or wear to the joint, which could result in the separation of the wiper link from the wiper motor crank arm. If separation were to occur, the windshield wipers could become inoperative, which could limit the driver’s visibility under certain operating conditions which may increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the water channel, the wiper link and wiper motor crank arm with ones of an improved design.
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 2015409.
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.
- 2015454 · 7 October 2015 · Tundra · Label
- 2015493 · 21 October 2015 · Rav4, Yaris, Camry · Electrical
- 2015521 · 3 November 2015 · ES 350, AVALON, ES 300h · Brakes
- 2015312 · 15 July 2015 · Prius V · Powertrain
- 2015269 · 17 June 2015 · SC 430, Sequoia, Matrix · Airbag
- 2015197 · 13 May 2015 · Tundra, Sequoia · Airbag
- 2015198 · 13 May 2015 · Rav4 · Airbag
- 2015103 · 11 March 2015 · Rav4, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid · Steering
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015411 · 18 September 2015 · 48-168-Bt · Structure
- 2015423 · 24 September 2015 · Grand Caravan, Town & Country · Structure
- 2015434 · 28 September 2015 · Prostar, Transtar, Lonestar · Structure
- 2015437 · 29 September 2015 · Windstar · Structure
- 2015435 · 29 September 2015 · Residence, Retreat · Structure
- 2015443 · 1 October 2015 · Titan Ii · Structure
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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 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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