NHTSA campaign 05V327000 · Toyota campaign 50L

Toyota Recall 05V-327: PASSENGER SEAT BELT

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05V327000 (Toyota campaign 50L) was reported by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. on July 20, 2005, with 345,443 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Toyota Sienna for model years 2004–2005. Owners were notified on August 5, 2005, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 05V327000 (also written 05V-327 or 05V327)
Filed by: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Toyota campaign number: 50L
Report received: July 20, 2005
Potentially affected: 345,443 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Seat Belts
Owners notified: August 5, 2005
NHTSA investigation: Engineering Analysis EA05-010 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V327000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Toyota

Toyota Sienna
- 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built January 10, 2003 – May 18, 2005 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V327000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN MINI VANS, IN THE MIDDLE ROW SEATING POSITION, THE SHOULDER PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT MAY BIND IN THE BEZEL TRIM PIECE. THE AFFECTED SEAT BELT BEZEL IS LOCATED ON THE SHOULDER PORTION OF THE SEAT IN THE RIGHT SIDE SEAT OF THE SEVEN PASSENGER MODELS AND THE CENTER SEATING POSITION IN THE EIGHT PASSENGER MODELS.

Safety consequence

IF THE SEAT BELT BINDS IN THE BEZEL, THAT EXTRA WEBBING MAY EXIST IN THE SEAT BELT WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN IMPROPERLY FITTED SEAT BELT ON A PASSENGER. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, A SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SEAT BELT BEZEL AND CLIP. THE RECALL BEGAN AUGUST 5, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

Notes

TOYOTA RECALL NO. 50L.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236; (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V327000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.