Lexus RX Hybrid, RX350; Toyota Land Cruiser (2008-2011): Vehicle speed control
Recall 12V305000 · Jun 29, 2012 · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
164,601
vehicles affected
164,601
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 12V305000
- Date
- Jun 29, 2012
- Maker
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Units affected
- 164,601
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Vehicle speed control > Accelerator pedal
- Model years
- 2008-2011
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
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.
What can happen
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.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
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.
Vehicles covered
3 models, 6 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 12V305000?
3 models: Lexus RX350 (2010), Lexus RX Hybrid (2010), Toyota Land Cruiser (2008-2011), about 164,601 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 12V305000?
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.
What can happen?
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.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.