Recall · 24V274000
Toyota Motor Engineering recalled 2 models over electrical system
55,690
Vehicles covered
2
Models
4
Model years
April 17, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:SWITCHES/KNOBS/BUTTONS
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Prius and Prius Prime vehicles. Water may enter the rear door switch and cause a short circuit, allowing an unlocked rear door to open unexpectedly.
- What it can cause
- A door that unexpectedly opens while the vehicle is moving or during a crash increases the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace both right and left rear door opener switches, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed August 9, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 24TB06 and 24TA06.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 55,690 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 89% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2023 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Toyota vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 18 times before this, most recently in November 2023 as 23V734000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 58 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. 15 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 26V049000 (electrical system), 25V744000 (back over prevention), 24V548000 (equipment).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing with NHTSA on April 17, 2024 as campaign 24V274000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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