Toyota defect petition DP19004
Brake Actuator Valve Wear. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this defect petition about the power assist on 18 model years (2010–2015). Opened Sep 30, 2019, closed Jan 21, 2021 after 16 months without a recall. closed
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedOn September 19, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a defect petition from Mr. Roger Hogan requesting that the Agency investigate and recall certain Toyota Prius, Prius PHV, Camry Hybrid and Avalon Hybrid vehicles for a brake actuator valve wear condition covered under Toyota Customer Support Programs ZJB and ZKK (subject CSP?s). In support of his request, the petitioner identified 117 NHTSA complaints allegedly related to the subject CSP condition, including 60 reporting crashes. On September 30, 2019, ODI opened Defect Petition DP19-004 to evaluate the petitioner?s request for an investigation. In August 2020, the petitioner notified the Agency that he was withdrawing his petition. Because the petitioner has withdrawn the petition, we are denying the petition as moot and no further analysis of this petition is necessary. NHTSA is authorized to issue an order requiring notification and remedy of a defect if the Agency?s investigation shows a defect in the design, construction, or performance of a motor vehicle that presents an unreasonable risk to safety. 49 U.S.C. ?? 30102(a)(9), 30118. Because the petitioner has with withdrawn the petition, the petition is denied as moot. This action does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist. The Agency notes that it is not required to receive a defect petition prior to opening a defect investigation and will take further action if warranted by future circumstances.
A Defect Petition is a petition from a member of the public asking NHTSA to open a defect investigation; the agency grants or denies it and publishes the reasons. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one closed without a recall. That means NHTSA found no defect trend it chose to act on at the time, or the manufacturer addressed the condition another way (a service campaign or a bulletin, which have their own pages). A closed file can be reopened if new reports arrive.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid; 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid; 2015 Toyota Avalon Hybrid; 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid; 2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid; 2014 Toyota Camry Hybrid; 2010 Toyota Prius; 2011 Toyota Prius; 2012 Toyota Prius; 2013 Toyota Prius; 2014 Toyota Prius; 2015 Toyota Prius; 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-IN Hybrid; 2011 Toyota Prius Plug-IN Hybrid; 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-IN Hybrid; 2013 Toyota Prius Plug-IN Hybrid; 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-IN Hybrid; 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-IN Hybrid.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs DP19004 a recall?
No. A defect petition is NHTSA asking questions, not a recall. A safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number and a duty to repair for free; this one closed without one. Whether one particular vehicle has an open recall is a VIN question at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Is DP19004 still open?
No. It closed on Jan 21, 2021 without a recall.
Which vehicles does DP19004 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 18 model years: 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, 2015 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid, 2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid, 2014 Toyota Camry Hybrid and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.