- Vehicles
- 30,812
- Built between
- Jun 2012 – Oct 2015
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 28 July 2016
- Repaired
- 84%
- Unrepaired
- 2,789
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between June 2012 and October 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2013-2015 Lexus ES HybridBuilt June 2012 to July 2015
- 2013-2015 Lexus ES350Built June 2012 to July 2015
- 2013-2015 Toyota AvalonBuilt October 2012 to October 2015
- 2013-2015 Toyota Avalon HybridBuilt October 2012 to October 2015
Repair progress
2,789 of 30,812 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.
84% repaired — 25,795 of 30,812 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 2,228
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment. In these vehicles, the PCS may unexpectedly activate and apply the brakes when the radar detects a steel joint or plate in the roadway as an object.
What could happen
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJune 2012 to October 2015
- Recall reported to NHTSA3 November 2015
- Owners notified28 July 2016
- Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 84% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 3 November 2015.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and F2E.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- F1V, F2E
- Recalling manufacturer
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.