The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 RAV4 vehicles manufactured July 28, 2005, to December 19, 2012, and 2012-2014 RAV4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. In the event of a frontal collision, the rear seat belts for the outboard seats may be cut by the seat cushion frame.
The risk
A cut seat belt may not properly restrain the seat occupant, increasing their risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install a protector over both rear seat cushion frames, free of charge. The recall began on June 24, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0F.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Toyota RAV4 EV | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Components: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
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 | 2006 | 705 | 11 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2007 | 1,004 | 14 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2008 | 575 | 14 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2009 | 327 | 15 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2010 | 400 | 14 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2011 | 287 | 11 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2012 | 260 | 5 |
| Toyota RAV4 EV | 2012 | 6 | 3 |
| Toyota RAV4 EV | 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| Toyota RAV4 EV | 2014 | 10 | 3 |
Other seat belts recalls in 2016
24 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the seat belts; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 16V942000 29 Dec 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 16V955000 29 Dec 2016 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 16V940000 28 Dec 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 16V875000 5 Dec 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V853000 28 Nov 2016 | Midwest Automotive Designs, LLC |
| 16V829000 16 Nov 2016 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 16V798000 2 Nov 2016 | Volvo Car USA LLC |
| 16V747000 17 Oct 2016 | BMW of North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016