2000 Toyota RAV4 recall: powertrain & transmission
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: sport utility electric vehicles. If the subject vehicles are repeatedly parked by placing the shift lever into the "p" position without applying the parking brake, the parking lock rod, a component of the transmission parking lock system, could break.
💥 The risk
This condition CAN render the system inoperative, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the parking lock rod.
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
- 00V211000
- Manufacturer
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 756
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
- Owner phone
- 1-800-331-4331
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 25, 2000
- Built
- Oct 2, 1997 – May 16, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- All these vehicles are leased and operated in fleets.owner notification began september 25, 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 toyota at 1-800-331-4331. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).