# NHTSA recall 17V285000

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: 17V285000
- Manufacturer's number: H0G
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2017\-04\-27
- Owners notified: 2017\-06\-19
- Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
- Units potentially affected: 227732

## What is wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) is recalling certain 2016\-2017 Tacoma vehicles.  Oil may leak from the area where the rear differential carrier is assembled to rear axle housing.


## What can happen

If the vehicle is operated with an insufficient amount of oil in the rear differential, the differential may seize and cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear differential for oil leakage.  Based on the inspection, dealers will either tightening the fastening nuts or replace the fastening nuts and gasket.  If the rear differential components are damaged, the rear differential carrier assembly will be replaced.  The repairs will be performed free of charge.  The recall June 19, 2017.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-800\-331\-4331.  Toyota's number for this recall is H0G.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-10\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 227732
- Reported remedied: 197560 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 8510
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2016 TOYOTA TACOMA](/makes/toyota/tacoma/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-08\-18 to 2017\-03\-24.
- [2017 TOYOTA TACOMA](/makes/toyota/tacoma/2017/recalls.md). Built 2015\-08\-18 to 2017\-03\-24.

## 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\-0013\-18\-Rev](/bulletins/10149973.md), 2018-12-03, Service bulletin
- [T\-TT\-0390\-16](/bulletins/10134242.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0013\-18](/bulletins/10129975.md), 2018-03-12, 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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