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PLANO, Texas — Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has agreed to recall certain model-year 2021 Toyota C-HR subcompact crossovers (CUV) to correct non-functioning radar sensors and cameras which provide data for the vehicles’ pre-collision warning system.
An estimated less than one percent of the affected 36,558 C-HRs produced between June 12, 2020 – July 26, 2021, did not have their millimeter-wave radar sensors properly initiated prior to installation.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Part 573 Safety Recall Report 22V-107 the sensors in question facilitate driver-assist systems (ADAS) like the Pre-Collision System (PCS).
The agency summed up the situation and safety risk with, “In this condition, the PCS would not be able to detect a vehicle in front of the subject vehicle and would not provide warnings or braking assist, as designed, in certain driving situations that would otherwise result in a PCS activation. In addition, the vehicle would not display a message or indicator to the driver that PCS is not functional. An inoperative PCS, without a PCS malfunction indicator to the driver, may increase the risk of a crash in certain driving situations.”
The remedy is simple: Toyota dealers will inspect the radar sensor and, if necessary, properly initialize the radar sensor, free of charge.
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Franchised dealers were contacted in February about the recall and owners are scheduled to be contacted by first-class mail no later than April 25th.
