The defect
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Toyota Rav4 vehicles manufactured June 1, 2013, to December 29, 2014, and equipped with an accessory trailer light module. The software within the module may incorrectly detect an electrical short and preventively turn off the electrical current and the trailer lights.
The risk
If the system incorrectly detects an electrical short and turns off the trailer lights while the trailer is being towed at night, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
SET will notify owners, and dealers will replace the trailer light module with a new unit with corrected software, free of charge. The recall began on March 17, 2015. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226. SET's number for this recall is SET-15A.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING | TRAILER HITCHES
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 RAV4 | 2013 | 257 | 2 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2014 | 197 | 4 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2015 | 305 | 4 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 2015
10 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the trailer hitches; Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC filed 26 campaigns in all.
| 15V643000 13 Oct 2015 | Volvo Trucks North America |
| 15V644000 13 Oct 2015 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| 15V616000 1 Oct 2015 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 15V607000 29 Sept 2015 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 15V576000 16 Sept 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V355000 9 Jun 2015 | Vermeer Manufacturing Company |
| 15V253000 28 Apr 2015 | Mastercraft Boat Company Inc |
| 15V151000 16 Mar 2015 | Spartan Tool, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015