NHTSA campaign 09V338000

TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. Recall 09V-338: BRAKE VACUUM SUCTION PORT

NHTSA recall 09V338000 was reported by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. on August 27, 2009, with 95,705 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Scion XD, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Corolla Matrix for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on September 21, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V338000 (also written 09V-338 or 09V338)
Filed by: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Report received: August 27, 2009
Potentially affected: 95,705 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Power Assist — Vacuum
Owners notified: September 21, 2009

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V338000. 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.

Scion

Scion XD
- 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built June 13, 2007 – June 9, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Scion recalls

Toyota

Toyota Corolla
- 2009
- 2010 · Vehicles built June 2, 2009 – July 21, 2009 (per NHTSA)
Toyota Corolla Matrix
- 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built January 3, 2008 – June 11, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Toyota recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V338000.

Defect description

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2009 SCION XD AND MY 2009-2010 COROLLA, AND COROLLA MATRIX VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 1.8L ENGINE AND ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALASKA, COLORADO, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING. WHEN DRIVING UNDER CERTAIN UNIQUE CONDITIONS IN EXTREMELY LOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SUCTION PORT FOR THE BRAKE VACUUM CAN BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO THE FREEZING OF CONDENSATION RESULTING FROM POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEWLY DESIGNED INTAKE AIR CONNECTOR WHICH WILL RELOCATE THE BRAKE SYSTEM VACUUM PORT. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

Notes

OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V338000

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.