Toyota Bz Woodland, model year 2026. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 6 August 2026. 407 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2026 bZ Woodland vehicles equipped with a tow converter. An electrical short circuit may occur within the tow converter printed circuit board, which can deactivate the electronic stability control system and cause the brake lights to remain …
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Toyota's own number for this recall: 26TB15 / 26TA15. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V512 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 26V512 cover?
- Toyota BZ Woodland, model year 2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2026 bZ Woodland vehicles equipped with a tow converter.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Driving with a disabled electronic stability control system or continuously illuminated brake lights can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the tow converter, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 21, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB15 and 26TA15.
- 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 26TB15 / 26TA15, 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: “Driving with a disabled electronic stability control system or continuously illuminated brake lights can increase the risk of a crash.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 26V512 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 August 2026 |
| Model years | 2026-2026 |
| Vehicles named | TOYOTA BZ WOODLAND |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Driving with a disabled electronic stability control system or continuously illuminated brake lights can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the tow converter, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 21, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB15 and 26TA15.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . 1 change recorded in the wording since we started reading it daily, the latest on 9 October 2026.
Changed since our daily reading began
9 October 2026: the remedy was rewritten. Before: Dealers will replace the tow converter, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 21, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB15 and 26TA15.
After: Dealers will replace the tow converter, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 30, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB15 and 26TA15.
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How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V512, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v512/
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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