NHTSA 15V728000Manufacturer no. F1V, F2E
Forward Collision Avoidance › Crash Imminent Braking
- Report received by NHTSA
- November 3, 2015
- Owner notification
- July 28, 2016
- Recall initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Units potentially affected
- 30,812 (whole campaign)
- Build dates listed for the 2015 Lexus ES
- June 18, 2012 – July 6, 2015
- Model names in the NHTSA record
- ES HYBRID, ES350
Defect summary
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.
Safety risk
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and F2E.
Notes in the NHTSA record
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.
Source: NHTSA recall 15V728000, filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing. View the campaign on NHTSA.gov