2000 Gulf Toyota Tundra recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: pickup trucks equipped with a tekonsha trailer hitch wiring harness and converter and distributed by gulf states toyota (texas, oklahoma, louisiana, arkansas, and mississippi). An electrical short circuit CAN occur if water enters the converter housing.
💥 The risk
This short circuit could cause a failure of the converter, and if a trailer is being towed at the time, CAN also cause inoperative trailer lights.
🔧 The fix
This recall has been superseded by recall no. 02V-050.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V103000
- Manufacturer
- GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 7,000
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- Owner phone
- 1-800-444-1074
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jun 9, 2000
- Built
- Apr 1, 1999 – Mar 21, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began june 9, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact gulf states toyota at 1-800-444-1074.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).