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NHTSA recall 02V339000

Wheels · Toyota Motor Corporation

December 17, 2002report date
176units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: On certain sport utility vehicles equipped with five factory alloy wheels (model 6934 and 6936), with factory llat, and with port installed wr4, four alloy wheel upgrade processed at the jacksonville, florida port and distributed by southeast Toyota distributors in the states of alabama, florida, georgia, north and south carolina, when the vehicles were processed at the port, an alloy tire/wheel upgrade was…

Why it matters: If the spare tire/wheel is installed on the vehicle using the wheel nuts provided for the upgrade alloy wheel, damage to the wheel could result and could eventually lead to a loose wheel.

The fix: Owners will be provided with different style lug nuts, a warning label for the spare re/alloy wheel, and an owner's manual addendum.

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All model years NHTSA lists

2003 Toyota 4Runner, 2003 Toyota Highlander.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 02V339000.

Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.