Toyota Power Train: Torque Converter

Toyota is recalling about 3,424 vehicles over a problem with the power train. A vehicle stall, especially when driving a high rate of speed, can increase the risk of a crash.

Campaign
18V901000
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Reported
19 December 2018
Vehicles
3,424
Built between
Aug 2018 – Oct 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
22 April 2019
Repaired
97%
Unrepaired
42

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2018 and October 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2019 Toyota CorollaBuilt August 2018 to October 2018

Repair progress

42 of 3,424 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

97% repaired — 3,333 of 3,424 reported

Owners not reachable
44
Scrapped or exported
5

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 2019 Toyota Corolla hatchback vehicles equipped with Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVT). The pump impeller blades within the torque converter may detach, especially when driven under high load, potentially causing a vehicle stall.

What could happen

A vehicle stall, especially when driving a high rate of speed, can increase the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Toyota has notified owners, and dealers will replace the CVT and torque converter, free of charge. The recall began April 22, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2018 to October 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA19 December 2018
  3. Owners notified22 April 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 97% 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 19 December 2018.

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 customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J17/J07.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
J17 / J07
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.

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