Southeast Toyota Recall FR-S
 

This came in this morning:








Manufacturer: Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC

SUMMARY:

Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner, Tacoma, FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser, RAV4, Scion FRS, and XB vehicles. The affected vehicles may have accessories installed by SET, such as running boards or other items, that were incorrectly installed. The accessory attaching fasteners were not tightened with the proper torque, possibly causing the accessory to detach from the vehicle.
CONSEQUENCE:

Accessories that detach from a vehicle may result in a vehicle crash and/or personal injury.
REMEDY:

SET will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and tighten the affected
bolts, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 9, 2015. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-954-429-2000http://www.ft86club.com/forums/data:...AASUVORK5CYII=. SET's number for this recall is SET-14B.

interesting. thanks for the post. What would this be referring to? if we got the mudguards installed? i don't have the mudguards and the only thing i had SET install was the clear bra and the SCION paint lettering on the bumper.

No idea, although if I would have to guess I would say its the LED strip SET sold instead of the fog lights. I would thing it were the mudguards it would be all areas. Interesting that it doesn't include 2013 models.

i thought the LED strip was a standard Toyota feature on 2015s since they were standard on the 2014 monogram. I dont think SET installed them.

Don't know then. Not a whole lot of options available that use torqued bolts so maybe it is the mudguards. :shrug:

Mudguards use push pins afaik.

LED Strip? If it's the following attached picture, it's not an accessory.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/10/ydevutaj.jpg

I think they might be referring to the LED strip in place of the fog light on some vehicles?

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Agreed. My car has those led straps.

Those are the JDM headlights with LED running lights, not the LED strip.

Those are LED DRLs as someone may have stated and those aren't even OEM they look like winjets

They are winjets, best picture I could find lol

yes this is what I was referring to in my note. The ones where the fogs are. I think that was SET only option at one point.

http://topsage.com.tw/images/photos/201301212026060.gif

I've always thought those were dealer add-ons.

I sure as hell haven't seen them here in PA but I know of them

The recall is for a little under 4000 cars, but includes 4Runner, Tacoma, FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser, RAV4, Scion FRS, and XB; the FR-S is one of the lowest-volume cars on that list. Maybe someone will actually get a recall letter?

EDIT: From the filing with NHTSA: "
During a routine audit, SET found that two accessory installers were not using a
supplied torque wrench to properly attach running boards and other accessories to
vehicles when the installation instructions specifically required a specific torque for
the attaching fasteners. If the fasteners are not properly tightened to the specified
torque, the fastener could come loose, possibly allowing the accessory to fall off the
vehicle, which could result in a crash or injury."

They are OEM. That's a picture of my GT86 lights. :burnrubber:

It's very possible that there is no real impact here then. It may just mean these two techs worked on a handful of the 86s prepping them. I suppose we could be misinterpreting "accessories". it could be items that are stowed for shipping and then attached at the dock before transport. For example, the front license plate frame is attached either by the dock or the dealer (probably not a good example since that is done at the dealer).

In any case, it sounds like its a minor issue.

It looks like the screwdriver torque "recall" is issued by the dealership. Because the dealership wants you to come in and buy another car.

Help wanted:
SET
We have an immediate need for two junior Accessory Installation Technicians.
Must be fully competent in the identification and operation of a torque wrench.

Yes, because "Wow we really fucked up and recalled your car" is a great sales leader and marketing technique!

lol that particular set are winjets designed to look OEM for here in the U.S. who can't get the jdm/eudm headlights

Yea, same as the extended warranty sales pitch:

Salesman: Congratulations on your choice, you've picked one on the most reliable <name your device here> on the market.

Me: Thanks.

Salesman: Now, do you want the extended warranty because you know its going to fail the second the warranty ends and you will need it.

Me: Ugmm, maybe I just won't buy the product after all if it isn't expected to last <length of warranty> months without falling apart.

Salesman: But, it is reliable that just won't happen. Our failure rate is once in a blue moon.

Me: Exactly.

Wow! Almost word for word my conversation every single time somebody attempts to push an extended warranty on me.
On the other hand, my wife is the Finance Manager for an RV dealership and makes huge money on extended warranties so please always get one if you are buying an RV in St Thomas Ontario!

The port-installed accessories for the FR-S are mostly things like the spoiler, tint, bumper applique, and fog lights, none of which are particularly concerning. Now, if I had a Tacoma with running boards installed at the port...

Mine is an oem set brought over from japan, non of that knockoff trickery

My friend has them I guess it's easier plug and play wise and less costly

The LED strips are a dealer installed option on 2015's. My 2015 doesn't have them.

Did anyone get a recall letter yet?

None here, but I don't have any accessories installed on mine. I'm going to guess there are very few 86s involved in this.

Yeah, I can't think of any options that SET installs that require a torque wrench. They should also keep records about which cars go down which lines, so they'd isolate the cars that these guys worked on. Given that it's only two technicians, the low volume of the model, and the limited number of port-installed accessories, I really doubt we'll see many.

Not to worry, the only items affected by that issue of the torque wrench are the sport and TRD exhaust for the FRS. The TSB you are refering has about 129 pages so I cannot post or upload it all here at work (Toyota part employee). If you have one of those 2 parts on your car you can take it in and have it looked at with no issue. I haven't posted many TSB's lately but thats because I have seen none lately which is a good thing for us all. The last major issue I have seen was:

Some 2013 model year FR-S vehicles may exhibit intake and/or exhaust camshaft position sensor related and/or engine misfire DTCs (P0340, P0341, P0345, P0346, P0365, P0366, P0390, P0391, P0301, P0302, P0303, and P0304) due to the camshaft position sensor clearance being out of
specification. In addition, some vehicles may also experience rough idle or extended cranking. dated: 5/30/14
TSB: S-SB-0013-14 which I cannot post because it has numbers to Toyota techstream which is not for public use.