# NHTSA recall 16V228000

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: 16V228000
- Manufacturer's number: 16R2
- Manufacturer: Gulf States Toyota, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-04\-20
- Owners notified: 2016\-06\-01
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Units potentially affected: 844

## What is wrong

Gulf States Toyota, Inc. \(Gulf States\) is recalling certain model year 2015\-2016 Toyota 4Runner vehicles manufactured September 22, 2014, to March 23, 2016 and equipped with accessories installed by Gulf States.  The Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed accessories.  As a result, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims for Passenger Cars."


## What can happen

An incorrect label may result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Gulf States will notify owners, and dealers will install an accurate label, free of charge.  The recall began on June 1, 2016.  Owners may contact Gulf States customer service at 1\-800\-444\-1074.  Gulf States' number for this recall is 16R2.


## 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 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 844
- Reported remedied: 782 \(92%\)
- Reported unreachable: 57
- Reported removed: 5

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 3, 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

- [2015 TOYOTA 4RUNNER](/makes/toyota/4runner/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-22 to 2016\-03\-23.
- [2016 TOYOTA 4RUNNER](/makes/toyota/4runner/2016/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-22 to 2016\-03\-23.

## 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\-0043\-14](/bulletins/10251070.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin
- [K0P\_TISdownload\_](/bulletins/10245487.md), 2023-11-27, Service bulletin
- [TSB003220](/bulletins/10244113.md), 2023-10-16, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0057\-18](/bulletins/10238157.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin
- [TSB000923](/bulletins/10235216.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin
- [19TE12 Technical](/bulletins/10230356.md), 2023-01-17, Service bulletin
- [19TE12 Dealer Pa](/bulletins/10230355.md), 2023-01-17, Service bulletin
- [TSB004522Rev1](/bulletins/10220177.md), 2022-09-15, Service bulletin
- [TSB009421Rev1](/bulletins/10220174.md), 2022-09-15, Service bulletin
- [TSB000320](/bulletins/10220142.md), 2022-09-15, 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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