Lexus Rx350, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Tacoma, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 3 April 2018. 6,046 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota Camry and Highlander vehicles, 2017 Toyota Sienna and Tacoma vehicles and 2017 Lexus RX350 vehicles. During the manufacturing process, the oil galley in the rotor for the brake booster vacuum pump assembly may have been improperly …
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Toyota's own number for this recall: J0K/JLD. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V211 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 18V211 cover?
- Lexus RX350, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Tacoma, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota Camry and Highlander vehicles, 2017 Toyota Sienna and Tacoma vehicles and 2017 Lexus RX350 vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A sudden loss of braking assist can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake booster vacuum pump, free of charge. The recall began on May 9, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371, or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are J0K/JLD.
- 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 J0K/JLD, 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: “A sudden loss of braking assist can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V211 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Power Assist:Vacuum |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 April 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | LEXUS RX350, TOYOTA CAMRY, TOYOTA HIGHLANDER, TOYOTA SIENNA, TOYOTA TACOMA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A sudden loss of braking assist can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake booster vacuum pump, free of charge. The recall began on May 9, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371, or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are J0K/JLD.
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 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Lexus RX350 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Toyota Camry recalls: 32 US campaigns
- Toyota Highlander recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Toyota Sienna recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Toyota Tacoma recalls: 40 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V211, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v211/
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 18V211 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d14028d6 - Consequence
45c75714 - 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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