16V396000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
If damaged, the copper strand heating element may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
2009 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER
9 safety recall campaigns, 13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns9
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints13
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 9
14V743000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
Damage to the seat heater wiring could cause the wires to short, increasing the risk of the seat burning and causing personal injury to the occupant.
14V475000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
If the spare tire is inflated to the incorrect pressure provided on the placard, tire failure may occur while it is being driven on, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V163000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Light intensities above the maximum allowable limit could cause increased glare for oncoming traffic and increase the risk of a crash.
13V098000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
If cracks occur in the panel around the lower retractor anchor, the seat belt retractor could become detached, which could increase the risk of injury to an occupant in the event of a crash.
13V014000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
If the front passenger seat occupant sensing system is out of calibration, the front passenger airbags may not deploy or they may deploy inappropriately for the passenger's size and position. This could increase the risk of personal injury during the event of a vehicle crash necessitating airbag deployment.
What owners report most
- 2POWER TRAIN
- 2STRUCTURE:BODY
- 2SUSPENSION
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1VISIBILITY
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 1POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
- 1SEAT BELTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 TOYOTA FJ CRUISERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.