| NHTSA Record Id: 8111 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: GULF TOYOTA |
| Recalled Component Id: 000010453000089175000000316 |
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| Model Name: TUNDRA |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V103000 |
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| Component Name: TRAILER HITCHES |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Mar, 21 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 7000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 09 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Toyota Motor Corporation |
Report Received Date: Apr, 07 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 28 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: pickup trucks equipped with a tekonsha trailer hitch wiring harness and converter and distributed by gulf states toyota (texas, oklahoma, louisiana, arkansas, and mississippi). an electrical short circuit can occur if water enters the converter housing. |
Consequence Summary: This short circuit could cause a failure of the converter, and if a trailer is being towed at the time, can also cause inoperative trailer lights. |
| Corrective Summary : This recall has been superseded by recall no. 02v-050. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began june 9, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact gulf states toyota at 1-800-444-1074.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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