The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota RAV4 vehicles manufactured October 30, 2015, to February 3, 2016, 2016 Lexus RX350 vehicles manufactured October 26, 2015, to February 8, 2016, and 2016 Lexus ES350 vehicles manufactured September 1, 2015, to February 29, 2016. These vehicles are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during ABS, Traction Control, or Stability Control activation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."
The risk
Insufficient brake fluid pressure may cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on May 4, 2016, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0I, GLC.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Lexus ES350 | 2016 |
| Lexus RX350 | 2016 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2016 |
Components: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
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 ES350 | 2016 | 21 | 1 |
| Lexus RX350 | 2016 | 58 | 3 |
| Toyota RAV4 | 2016 | 240 | 3 |
Other electronic stability control (esc) recalls in 2016
8 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the electronic stability control (esc); Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 16V913000 20 Dec 2016 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 16V733000 12 Oct 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V603000 16 Aug 2016 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 16V482000 29 Jun 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V272000 5 May 2016 | General Motors LLC |
| 16V251000 27 Apr 2016 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 16V076000 10 Feb 2016 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016