Toyota Motor Sales, USA is recalling 2009 Camry and 2009-2011 Venza vehicles to replace the stop lamp switch. It is also calling back almost half a million Tacoma trucks to replace a steering wheel cable.
About 70,500 Camry and 116,000 Venza vehicles are covered by this recall.
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During installation of the contact type stop lamp switch on one of the North American assembly lines, silicon grease may have reached the inside of the switch and caused an increase in electrical resistance, the automaker said. If this occurs, warning lamps on the instrument panel may be illuminated, the vehicle may not start, or the shift lever may not shift from the park position. In some cases, the vehicle stop lamps may become inoperative.
One replacement parts are available, owner notifications will begin. Repairs at dealers should take about 30 minutes depending upon the dealer’s work schedule.
About 495,000 2005 to early 2009 Tacoma vehicles will be recalled to replace the steering wheel spiral cable assembly.
Toyota said the combination of steering wheel spiral cable design and characteristics unique to the Tacoma chassis could cause friction between the spiral cable and the retainer in the steering wheel spiral cable assembly in some vehicles. Over time, this may result in loss of connectivity to the driver’s air bag module and the warning lamp will remain illuminated after starting the vehicle and the driver’s air bag may be deactivated, preventing deployment in the event of a crash.
This repair will also take about 30 minutes.
The affected vehicles were built and sold only in North America.
