# NHTSA recall 15V011000

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: 15V011000
- Manufacturer's number: SET\-15A
- Manufacturer: Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC
- Reported: 2015\-01\-16
- Owners notified: 2015\-03\-17
- Component: TRAILER HITCHES; EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- Units potentially affected: 1140

## What is wrong

Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC \(SET\) is recalling certain model year 2013\-2015 Toyota Rav4 vehicles manufactured June 1, 2013, to December 29, 2014, and equipped with an accessory trailer light module.  The software within the module may incorrectly detect an electrical short and preventively turn off the electrical current and the trailer lights.


## What can happen

If the system incorrectly detects an electrical short and turns off the trailer lights while the trailer is being towed at night, there is an increased risk of a crash.


## The remedy

SET will notify owners, and dealers will replace the trailer light module with a new unit with corrected software, free of charge.  The recall began on March 17, 2015.  Owners may contact SET customer service at 1\-866\-405\-4226. SET's number for this recall is SET\-15A.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-06
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1140
- Reported remedied: 539 \(47%\)
- Reported unreachable: 13
- Reported removed: 217

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2013/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-01 to 2014\-12\-29.
- [2014 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-01 to 2014\-12\-29.
- [2015 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-01 to 2014\-12\-29.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [SET\-TSB\-17\-007](/bulletins/10116436.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin
- [T\-TT\-0367\-15](/bulletins/10111546.md), 2017-08-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0026\-14 Rev](/bulletins/10111438.md), 2017-08-14, Service bulletin
- [T\-TT\-0367\-15](/bulletins/10096329.md), 2017-03-24, 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)

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