The defect
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Tacoma vehicles equipped with 18" Maverick Alloy Wheels. In the affected vehicles, the spare tire requires the use of a different style of lug nut to attach it to the vehicle than the other wheels use. These lug nuts were not provided with the vehicle.
The risk
If the spare tire/wheel is installed on the vehicle using the lug nuts from another wheel, damage to the wheel could result and may eventually lead to a loose wheel, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
SET will notify owners, and dealers will: (a) Install a Warning Label on the spare tire/wheel, (b) supply a bag containing proper spare wheel lug nuts, and (c) place an Owner's Manual Addendum in the vehicle's glove box. The recall began on January 23, 2014. Owners may contact SET at 1-954-429-2000.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Toyota Tacoma | 2012, 2013 |
Components: TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Tacoma | 2012 | 295 | 7 |
| Toyota Tacoma | 2013 | 125 | 6 |
Other tires recalls in 2013
5 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the tires; Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC filed 26 campaigns in all.
| 13V624000 16 Dec 2013 | Hyundai Motor Company |
| 13V554000 7 Nov 2013 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 13V381000 21 Aug 2013 | Starcraft RV, Inc. |
| 13V158000 24 Apr 2013 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013