# NHTSA recall 10V345000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 10V345000
- Manufacturer's number: AOH
- Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Reported: 2010\-07\-29
- Owners notified: 2010\-09\-07
- Component: STEERING
- Units potentially affected: 372593

## What is wrong

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2000\-2004 AVALON VEHICLES.  DUE TO IMPROPER CASTING OF THE STEERING LOCK BAR, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A MINUTE CRACK MAY DEVELOP ON THE SURFACE OF THE LOCK BAR.  SUCH A CRACK MAY EXPAND OVER A LONG PERIOD OF REPEATED LOCK AND UNLOCK OPERATIONS, AND EVENTUALLY THE LOCK BAR COULD BREAK.


## What can happen

SHOULD THE STEERING LOCK BAR BREAK, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK AND THE DRIVER WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING INTERLOCK DEVICE FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2010.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1\-800\-331\-4331.


## Notes

TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL NO. AOH.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\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2000 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2000/recalls.md). Built 1999\-04\-28 to 2004\-12\-20.
- [2001 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2001/recalls.md). Built 1999\-04\-28 to 2004\-12\-20.
- [2002 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2002/recalls.md). Built 1999\-04\-28 to 2004\-12\-20.
- [2003 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2003/recalls.md). Built 1999\-04\-28 to 2004\-12\-20.
- [2004 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2004/recalls.md). Built 1999\-04\-28 to 2004\-12\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [5193B](/bulletins/10017618.md), 2005-11-14, Service bulletin
- [ST00901](/bulletins/628688.md), 2002-03-19, Service bulletin
- [ST00401](/bulletins/627204.md), 2002-02-05, Service bulletin
- [ST00700](/bulletins/618291.md), 2001-04-11, Service bulletin
- [298](/bulletins/614976.md), 2000-12-18, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V345000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V345000)

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