2010 LEXUS RX450 HYBRID Recall
- Campaign:
- 12V305000 on 06/28/2012
- Component:
- Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
- Manufactured:
- 11/27/2008 - 08/18/2010
- Affected:
- 164,601
- Defect:
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2010 lexus rx350 and rx450h vehicles, manufactured from november 28, 2008, through september 1, 2010, and model year 2008 through 2011 toyota land cruiser vehicles manufactured from september 1, 2007, through september 5, 2011. in july 2012, toyota filed a defect report to recall certain model year 2010 lexus rx350 and rx450h vehicles. in november 2012, toyota informed the agency that it was including an additional 10,565 vehicles including certain model year 2008 through 2011 toyota land cruiser vehicles. the total number of vehicles being recalled is now 164,601. the accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat.
- Consequence:
- A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death.
- Correction:
- Toyota and lexus will notify owners of affected vehicles and dealers will modify or replace the accelerator pedal and replace any driver's floor mat not specified for the vehicle. owners of the lexus vehicles were notified during august 2012. toyota has not yet provided a notification schedule for the additional land cruiser vehicles. owners may contact toyota customer experience center at 1-800-331-4331 or lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
- 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.
2010 LEXUS RX450 HYBRID TSBs (4)
- Bulletin:
- LSB-0128-11
- Component:
- 353600 equipment:air conditioner
- Summary:
- Lexus: a condition, exhibit by some vehicles, regarding the visibility of dust or powder located in the hvac vents. a cleaning procedure has been developed with a new designed evaporator and hvac system, to address condition. *pe
- Bulletin:
- LSB-0154-11
- Component:
- 062000 engine and engine cooling:cooling system
- Summary:
- Lexus: bulletin with information concerning the engine oil cooler pipes, in some vehicles, may exhibit an oil seepage. *pe
- Bulletin:
- LSB-0155-11
- Component:
- 061000 engine and engine cooling:engine
- Summary:
- Lexus: information pertaining to the mil on with diagnostic trouble codes (dtc) present in some vehicles engine. *pe
- Bulletin:
- L-TT-0218-17_Rev
- Component:
- 353500 equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system)
- Summary:
- Tt: this bulletin is regarding best practices when handling navigation systems that use hard disc drive or micro sd card memory. 1. first type is generation 6 or 7 which utilizes hdd (hard disc drive). pioneer models that begin with nxh, ha
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