NHTSA Campaign 00V211000

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

Issued by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. · Reported Aug 9, 2000 · 756 vehicles affected

What's wrong

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY ELECTRIC VEHICLES. IF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE REPEATEDLY PARKED BY PLACING THE SHIFT LEVER INTO THE "P" POSITION WITHOUT APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE, THE PARKING LOCK ROD, A COMPONENT OF THE TRANSMISSION PARKING LOCK SYSTEM, COULD BREAK.

Consequence

THIS CONDITION CAN RENDER THE SYSTEM INOPERATIVE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PARKING LOCK ROD.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
TOYOTA RAV4 1998 756
TOYOTA RAV4 1999 756
TOYOTA RAV4 2000 756

Source: NHTSA Campaign 00V211000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.