Toyota 4runner, model years 2015 to 2016. Filed by Gulf States Toyota, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 April 2016. 844 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Gulf States Toyota, Inc. (Gulf States) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Toyota 4Runner vehicles manufactured September 22, 2014, to March 23, 2016 and equipped with accessories installed by Gulf States. The Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Toyota's own number for this recall: 16R2. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V228 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V228 cover?
- Toyota 4Runner, model years 2015-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Gulf States Toyota, Inc. (Gulf States) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Toyota 4Runner vehicles manufactured September 22, 2014, to March 23, 2016 and equipped with accessories installed by Gulf States.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An incorrect label may result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Gulf States will notify owners, and dealers will install an accurate label, free of charge. The recall began on June 1, 2016. Owners may contact Gulf States customer service at 1-800-444-1074. Gulf States' number for this recall is 16R2.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Toyota calls this recall 16R2, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An incorrect label may result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V228 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Gulf States Toyota, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Other:Labels |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 April 2016 |
| Model years | 2015-2016 |
| Vehicles named | TOYOTA 4RUNNER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An incorrect label may result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Gulf States will notify owners, and dealers will install an accurate label, free of charge. The recall began on June 1, 2016. Owners may contact Gulf States customer service at 1-800-444-1074. Gulf States' number for this recall is 16R2.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V228, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v228/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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Other Toyota notices we hold
- 17V295: 2017 4Runner , 86, Avalon, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Corolla, Corolla iM, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Prius, Prius C, RAV4, RAV4 Hybrid, Sienna and Yaris
- 17V291: 2016-2017 4Runner
- 14V663: model year 2015 Toyota Tacoma
All 4 Toyota campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V228 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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5d66b037 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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