# NHTSA recall 16V596000

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: 16V596000
- Manufacturer's number: Toyota G0V Lexus GLK
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2016\-08\-12
- Owners notified: 2016\-10\-03
- Component: SUSPENSION:REAR
- Units potentially affected: 337449

## What is wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) is recalling certain model year 2006\-2011 Toyota RAV4 vehicles manufactured October 31, 2005, to September 7, 2010, and 2010 Lexus HS250h vehicles manufactured July 6, 2009, to August 26, 2010.  The affected vehicles have rear suspension arms \(rear tie rods\) with adjusting lock nuts that may have been improperly tightened after servicing.  As a result of being loose, the arm may have thread damage and may rust, possibly leading to the failure of the arm and an abrupt change in the vehicle's alignment.


## What can happen

Failure of the rear tie rod could cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Toyota will notify owners and dealers will replace both rear suspension arms and encapsulate the locknuts, free of charge.  The recall began on September 30, 2016.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-800\-331\-4331.  Toyota's numbers for this recall are G0V for Toyota vehicles and GLK for Lexus vehicles.  Note: This recall supersedes recall 13V\-383, in which some vehicles were only inspected, sealed, and did not have both arms replaced.  The affected vehicles were previously recalled under 13V\-383, but did not have both rear suspension arms replaced at that time.  Those vehicles need to have both arms replaced as part of this recall remedy.


## 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 2018 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 337449
- Reported remedied: 134370 \(39%\)
- Reported unreachable: 19344
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 1, 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

- 2010 LEXUS HS 250 HYBRID. Built 2009\-07\-06 to 2010\-08\-26.
- [2006 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-31 to 2010\-09\-07.
- [2007 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-31 to 2010\-09\-07.
- [2008 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2008/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-31 to 2010\-09\-07.
- [2009 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2009/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-31 to 2010\-09\-07.
- [2010 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2010/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-31 to 2010\-09\-07.
- [2011 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2011/recalls.md). Built 2005\-10\-31 to 2010\-09\-07.

## 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\-0391\-08 Obs](/bulletins/10177782.md), 2020-08-03, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0080\-13 Rev](/bulletins/10140566.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0042\-14](/bulletins/10132770.md), 2018-04-02, Service bulletin
- [ER9\_Remail\_Deale](/bulletins/10109517.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [ER9\_Remail\_Regio](/bulletins/10109513.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0381\-09 Rev](/bulletins/10109401.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [ER11\_Re\-Notifica](/bulletins/10109397.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [ER11\_Re\-Notifica](/bulletins/10109394.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0042\-14](/bulletins/10060729.md), 2016-03-31, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-0187\-13](/bulletins/10054813.md), 2014-02-28, 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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