Scion Fr-S, Scion Im, Scion Tc, Toyota 4runner, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Rav4, model year 2016. Filed by Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 22 April 2016. 94 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Yaris, Rav4, Land Cruiser and 4Runner vehicles, and Scion FR-S, iM, and TC vehicles manufactured January 28, 2016, to March 14, 2016. The Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the …
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Set's own number for this recall: SET16A. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V236 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 16V236 cover?
- Scion Fr-S, Scion Im, Scion TC, Toyota 4Runner, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Rav4, Toyota Yaris, model year 2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Yaris, Rav4, Land Cruiser and 4Runner vehicles, and Scion FR-S, iM, and TC vehicles manufactured January 28, 2016, to March 14, 2016.
- 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. SET will notify owners, and provide them a corrected label to be installed over the inaccurate label, free of charge. The recall began on June 3, 2016. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226. SET's number for this recall is SET16A.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Set calls this recall SET16A, 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 | 16V236 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC |
| System at fault | Tires |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 April 2016 |
| Model years | 2016-2016 |
| Vehicles named | SCION FR-S, SCION IM, SCION TC, TOYOTA 4RUNNER, TOYOTA LAND CRUISER, TOYOTA RAV4, TOYOTA YARIS |
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
SET will notify owners, and provide them a corrected label to be installed over the inaccurate label, free of charge. The recall began on June 3, 2016. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226. SET's number for this recall is SET16A.
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 455 notices in the record whose component field names tires. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Scion FR-S recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Scion TC recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Toyota 4runner recalls: 35 US campaigns
- Toyota Land Cruiser recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Toyota Rav4 recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Toyota Yaris recalls: 20 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V236, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v236/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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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 16V236 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
172e8a82 - Consequence
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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