The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023 Mirai, Lexus LS500, LS500H, 2023-2024 Lexus ES250, ES300H, ES350, 2024 Lexus LC500, and LC500H vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. Due to incorrect programming of the parking-assist electronic control unit (ECU) software, the rearview camera image may not immediately display within a couple of seconds after the shifter is placed into reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."
The risk
A rearview camera that fails to display an image can reduce the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the parking assist ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 24TA01 and 24LA01.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Lexus ES | 2023, 2024 |
| Lexus ES Hybrid | 2023, 2024 |
| Lexus LC | 2024 |
| Lexus LC Hybrid | 2024 |
| Lexus LS | 2023 |
| Lexus LS Hybrid | 2023 |
| Toyota Mirai | 2023 |
Components: BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION
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 ES | 2023 | 10 | 2 |
| Lexus ES | 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| Lexus ES Hybrid | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Lexus ES Hybrid | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Lexus LC | 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| Lexus LC Hybrid | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Lexus LS | 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| Lexus LS Hybrid | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Toyota Mirai | 2023 | 6 | 2 |
Other back over prevention recalls in 2024
34 of the 950 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2024 concerned the back over prevention; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 24V951000 20 Dec 2024 | Ford Motor Company |
| 24V944000 19 Dec 2024 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 24V947000 19 Dec 2024 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 24V928000 12 Dec 2024 | Oshkosh Corporation |
| 24V892000 26 Nov 2024 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| 24V879000 21 Nov 2024 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 24V875000 20 Nov 2024 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 24V858000 14 Nov 2024 | General Motors, LLC |
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