Toyota Rav4, Avalon, Tundra, Prius, Highlander, Sienna. Published by Transport Canada as 2017363 on 20 July 2017. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the electrical power cords of some dealer installed block heaters may have been improperly manufactured, causing the wires to contact each other, resulting in a short circuit. A short circuit could lead to a fire which would increase the risk of injury and/or damage to property. Correction: For …
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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
- 2017363
- Recall date
- 20 July 2017
- Make
- Toyota, Lexus, Scion
- Models
- RAV4, Avalon, Tundra, Prius, Highlander, Sienna, Sequoia, Is 350, Highlander Hybrid, GS 350, Yaris, Es 350, Venza, GX 460, RX 350, RX 450h, Camry Hybrid, Prius V, NX 200T, ES 300h, CT 200H, Is 200T, Is 300, NX 300h, RC 300, RC 350, RC F, Im, TC, Prius C
- Model years
- 2016 to 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 39,189
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the electrical power cords of some dealer installed block heaters may have been improperly manufactured, causing the wires to contact each other, resulting in a short circuit. A short circuit could lead to a fire which would increase the risk of injury and/or damage to property. Correction: For vehicles where the subject block heater was approved for installation, the dealer will replace the block heater assembly with a new one of an improved design. For vehicles where the subject block heater was not approved for installation, dealers will remove the block heater assembly. In the interim, until the remedy can be performed, dealers will cut the plug end from the block heater cord to disable the block heater's operation.
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 2017363.
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.
- 2017362 · 20 July 2017 · Camry Hybrid · Powertrain
- 2017290 · 1 June 2017 · Tacoma · Powertrain
- 2017231 · 27 April 2017 · Tacoma · Powertrain
- 2017505 · 18 October 2017 · Sienna · Powertrain
- 2017558 · 15 November 2017 · Prius · Powertrain
- 2017559 · 15 November 2017 · C-Hr · Brakes
- 2017117 · 7 March 2017 · Yaris · Label
- 2017036 · 24 January 2017 · Tundra · Structure
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.
- 2017327 · 30 June 2017 · Accord · Electrical
- 2017323 · 29 June 2017 · Coleman · Electrical
- 2017313 · 22 June 2017 · Encounter, Mirada, Mirada Select · Electrical
- 2017310 · 20 June 2017 · Launch Outfitter · Electrical
- 2017309 · 15 June 2017 · Cornerstone · Electrical
- 2017304 · 14 June 2017 · Essex Class A Motorhome, King Aire Class A Motorhome · Electrical
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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