Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking
- Component
- Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking
- Manufacturer
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Vehicles affected
- 30,812
- Reported to NHTSA
- 2015-11-03
- Owners notified
- 2016-07-28
Defect description
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment. In these vehicles, the PCS may unexpectedly activate and apply the brakes when the radar detects a steel joint or plate in the roadway as an object.
Safety risk
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and F2E.