NHTSA Campaign 14V273000

TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE

Issued by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · Reported May 22, 2014 · 419,520 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2004-2011 Sienna vehicles originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The affected vehicles have a spare tire carrier assembly mounted under the vehicle whose attachment cable may corrode due to high concentrations of road salt splashing onto the spare tire carrier.

Consequence

If the carrier cable is corroded due to road salt, the spare tire may separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Toyota sent owners in August 2014 an interim notification to advise owners of the recall and that dealers will perform an interim remedy to remove the spare tire and relocate it to the luggage compartment, free of charge. Owners are being mailed a second letter as parts become available and dealers will replace the spare tire carrier assembly with an improved one, free of charge. The remedy campaign is being performed in phases. The first phase of the recall began July 7, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. NOTE: 2004-2010 Siennas subject to this recall were subject to recall campaign 10V-160 initiated in 2010. Those owners are advised that they must have their vehicles remedied again under this campaign and that having the earlier recall completed did not remedy their vehicles. Additionally, model year 1998-2003 Siennas were recalled as part of safety recall 10V-160. Owners of those vehicles that have not had not the remedy performed on their vehicles, should contact their Toyota dealer to schedule a free repair.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
TOYOTA SIENNA 2004 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2005 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2006 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2007 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2009 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2010 419,520
TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 419,520

Source: NHTSA Campaign 14V273000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.