The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Tacoma vehicles. One or more of the individual welds in the upper child seat anchors may be insufficient. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage System."
The risk
An insufficient weld may prevent the child seat from being anchored properly, allowing the seat to move during a sudden stop or crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect the upper child seat anchors and reweld the child seat anchors, as necessary. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 02, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 22TB09/ 22TA09.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Toyota Tacoma | 2022, 2023 |
Components: CHILD SEAT:VEHICLE LATCH ANCHOR
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 | 2022 | 59 | 3 |
| Toyota Tacoma | 2023 | 54 | 4 |
Other child seat recalls in 2022
2 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the child seat; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 22V224000 6 Apr 2022 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022