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Scion Fr-S, Scion Tc, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Tundra, model years 2015 to 2016. Filed by Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 9 June 2016. 4,253 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Camry and Highlander, 2015-2016 Toyota Tundra, Scion FR-S, and tC vehicles. The Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed accessories. As a result, these vehicles fail to …

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Set's own number for this recall: SET-16C. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V420 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 16V420 cover?
Scion Fr-S, Scion TC, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Tundra, model years 2015-2016.
What is wrong with them?
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Camry and Highlander, 2015-2016 Toyota Tundra, Scion FR-S, and tC vehicles. The Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed accessories.
What can happen if it is not put right?
An incorrect label may lead an owner to overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. SET will notify owners, and provide a corrected label for placement over the inaccurate label, free of charge. The recall began on July 14, 2016. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226.
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 SET-16C, 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 lead an owner to overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”

4,253vehicles potentially
affected
5models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 9 June 2016owners told 14 July 2016today
The defect reached the regulator on 9 June 2016. Owners were written to 35 days later, on 14 July 2016. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign16V420
Filed bySoutheast Toyota Distributors, LLC
System at faultEquipment:Other:Labels
Reported to NHTSA9 June 2016
Model years2015-2016
Vehicles namedSCION FR-S, SCION TC, TOYOTA CAMRY, TOYOTA HIGHLANDER, TOYOTA TUNDRA

What the notice says today

The consequence

An incorrect label may lead an owner to overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

SET will notify owners, and provide a corrected label for placement over the inaccurate label, free of charge. The recall began on July 14, 2016. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226.

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

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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V420, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v420/

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