# NHTSA recall 11V342000

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: 11V342000
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2011\-06\-29
- Owners notified: 2012\-01\-05
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 82273

## What is wrong

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006\-2007 HIGHLANDER HYBRID AND LEXUS RX400H PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 16, 2005, THROUGH AUGUST 30, 2006.  A MODULE INSIDE THE INVERTER MODULE MAY CONTAIN INADEQUATELY SOLDERED TRANSISTORS THAT DURING HIGH\-LOAD DRIVING, MAY BE DAMAGED BY HEAT CAUSED BY THE LARGE CURRENT. IF THIS OCCURS, VARIOUS WARNING LAMPS, INCLUDING THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP, SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT, BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT, AND MASTER WARNING LIGHT, WILL BE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.


## What can happen

THE VEHICLE MAY ENTER A FAIL\-SAFE/LIMP\-HOME MODE THAT LIMITS THE DRIVABILITY OF THE VEHICLE.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE HYBRID SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

TOYOTA/LEXUS MAILED AN INTERIM OWNER NOTIFICATION ON JULY 19, 2011 TO ADVISE OWNERS OF THIS RECALL AND THE FACT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE A FUTURE NOTICE WHEN PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE REPAIRS.  TOYOTA DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE HYBRID INVERTER PRODUCTION NUMBER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INVERTER CONTAINS SUSPECT TRANSISTORS AND REPLACE THE MODULE FREE OF CHARGE.  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\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2006 LEXUS RX HYBRID. Built 2005\-02\-23 to 2006\-08\-30.
- 2007 LEXUS RX HYBRID. Built 2005\-02\-23 to 2006\-08\-30.
- [2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID](/makes/toyota/highlander/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-02\-16 to 2006\-08\-29. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID](/makes/toyota/highlander/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-02\-16 to 2006\-08\-29. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Investigated as PE11005

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE11005: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2011\-02\-15, closed 2011\-07\-20. Hybrid inverter failure \- vehicle stall. HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V342000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V342000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [T\-SB\-0057\-18](/bulletins/10238157.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0119\-15 Rev](/bulletins/10213902.md), 2022-06-13, Service bulletin
- [T\-TT\-0578\-19 Rev](/bulletins/10182983.md), 2020-11-23, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0162\-13 Obs](/bulletins/10179763.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0198\-11 Obs](/bulletins/10179759.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0162\-13 Obs](/bulletins/10179719.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0198\-11 Obs](/bulletins/10179715.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0074\-20](/bulletins/10179698.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0074\-20](/bulletins/10179602.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0062\-20](/bulletins/10177773.md), 2020-08-03, 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/11V342000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/11V342000)

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