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Toyota 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.

NHTSA campaign 14V-273 · Reported May 22, 2014 · 419,520 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Toyota Sienna
VEHICLES AFFECTED
419,520
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.
COST
Free

The short version

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported a problem with the tires temporary/emergency spare tire. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

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.

WHY IT MATTERS

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

WHAT TO DO

Take it to a dealer — they will replace the spare tire carrier assembly with an improved one, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 14V-273.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2004–2011Toyota Sienna

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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