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Toyota are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during ABS, Traction Control, or Stability Control activation.

NHTSA campaign 16V-198 · Reported April 7, 2016 · 16,656 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Toyota RAV4
VEHICLES AFFECTED
16,656
REMEDY
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported a problem with the electronic stability control (esc). Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

These vehicles are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during ABS, Traction Control, or Stability Control activation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."

WHY IT MATTERS

Insufficient brake fluid pressure may cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-198.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2016Toyota RAV4

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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