The defect
Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022 Lexus LX 600, Lexus NX 350h, Lexus NX 450h+, Toytoa RAV4 Hybrid, 2021-2022 Lexus LS 500h, Toyota Mirai, RAV4 PRIME, Sienna, Venza, and 2020-2022 Toyota Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The Skid Control ECU software may not turn on the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system when the vehicle is restarted after the driver has disabled the VSC system. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."
The risk
Driving with a deactivated stability control system increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the Skid Control ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 27, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 22TA03. Lexus' number for this recall is 22LA01.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Lexus LS Hybrid | 2021, 2022 |
| Lexus LX600 | 2022 |
| Lexus NX350H | 2022 |
| Lexus NX450H+ | 2022 |
| Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Toyota Mirai | 2021, 2022 |
| Toyota RAV4 Hybrid | 2022 |
| Toyota RAV4 Prime | 2021, 2022 |
| Toyota Redundant Sienna | 2021, 2022 |
| Toyota Redundant Venza | 2021, 2022 |
| Toyota Sienna Hybrid | 2021, 2022 |
| Toyota Venza Hybrid | 2021, 2022 |
Components: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
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 LS Hybrid | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Lexus LS Hybrid | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Lexus LX600 | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Lexus NX350H | 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| Lexus NX450H+ | 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 2020 | 9 | 4 |
| Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 2021 | 15 | 4 |
| Toyota Highlander Hybrid | 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| Toyota Mirai | 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| Toyota Mirai | 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| Toyota RAV4 Hybrid | 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| Toyota RAV4 Prime | 2021 | 99 | 4 |
| Toyota RAV4 Prime | 2022 | 22 | 3 |
| Toyota Redundant Sienna | 2021 | 165 | 1 |
| Toyota Redundant Sienna | 2022 | 119 | 2 |
| Toyota Redundant Venza | 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| Toyota Redundant Venza | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Toyota Sienna Hybrid | 2021 | 45 | 4 |
| Toyota Sienna Hybrid | 2022 | 21 | 4 |
| Toyota Venza Hybrid | 2021 | 188 | 2 |
| Toyota Venza Hybrid | 2022 | 42 | 1 |
Other electronic stability control (esc) recalls in 2022
4 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the electronic stability control (esc); Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 22V679000 12 Sept 2022 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| 22V339000 16 May 2022 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| 22V140000 10 Mar 2022 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022