The defect
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2010 Lexus RX350 and RX450h vehicles, manufactured from November 28, 2008, through September 1, 2010, and model year 2008 through 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles manufactured from September 1, 2007, through September 5, 2011. In July 2012, Toyota filed a defect report to recall certain model year 2010 Lexus RX350 and RX450h vehicles. In November 2012, Toyota informed the agency that it was including an additional 10,565 vehicles including certain model year 2008 through 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 164,601. The accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat.
The risk
A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death.
The remedy
Toyota and Lexus will notify owners of affected vehicles and dealers will modify or replace the accelerator pedal and replace any driver's floor mat not specified for the vehicle. Owners of the Lexus vehicles were notified during August 2012. Toyota has not yet provided a notification schedule for the additional Land Cruiser vehicles. Owners may contact Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331 or Lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Lexus RX Hybrid | 2010 |
| Lexus RX350 | 2010 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexus RX Hybrid | 2010 | 8 | 1 |
| Lexus RX350 | 2010 | 94 | 1 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2008 | 8 | 5 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2009 | 6 | 7 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2011 | 4 | 5 |
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 2012
8 of the 583 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2012 concerned the vehicle speed control; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
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NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2012