NHTSA 17V717000Manufacturer no. H0W
Parking Brake
- Report received by NHTSA
- November 15, 2017
- Owner notification
- November 29, 2017
- Recall initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Units potentially affected
- 28,764 (whole campaign)
- Build dates listed for the 2018 Toyota C-HR
- February 2, 2017 – October 17, 2017
- Model names in the NHTSA record
- C-HR
Defect summary
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota CH-R vehicles. The electronic parking brake (EPB) may not operate properly, possibly causing the parking brake not to disengage after it is applied or prevent it from being applied. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS number 135, "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."
Safety risk
If the EPB cannot be applied, there is an increased risk of a vehicle rollaway if the vehicle is parked on a hill without being placed into "Park."
Remedy
Toyota has notified owners, and dealers will update the programming of the skid control ECU as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on November 30, 2017. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0W.
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 17V717000, filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing. View the campaign on NHTSA.gov