Toyota Motor North America, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance
Published Date: 7/30/2026
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Summary
Toyota found that some seat belts in their cars don’t fully meet safety rules but says this won’t affect your safety. They’ve asked the government to decide if this issue is minor and won’t cause problems. If you want to share your thoughts, you have until August 31, 2026, to speak up—no money changes or recalls yet!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Toyota Seeks No-Recall Exemption
Toyota petitioned NHTSA on December 6, 2024 asking to be exempted from the legal duties to notify owners, purchasers, and dealers and to remedy the noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120. If NHTSA grants the petition, Toyota would not be required to send notices or provide remedies for the affected replacement seat belt assemblies.
12,216 Replacement Seatbelts Lack Instructions
Toyota reported about 12,216 Joyson replacement seat belt assemblies manufactured between July 1, 2020 and July 3, 2024 for certain MY 2003–2025 Toyota and MY 2016–2024 Lexus vehicles are missing required installation or user instruction sheets under FMVSS No. 209 S4.1(k) and S4.1(l). These assemblies were sold as replacement equipment and the noncompliance concerns required installation and use/maintenance instructions.
Dealers Still Restricted From Selling Noncompliant Parts
NHTSA states that any decision on Toyota's petition does not relieve equipment distributors and dealers of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, or introduction into interstate commerce of the noncompliant equipment under their control after Toyota notified them that the subject noncompliance existed. That restriction remains in effect for distributors and dealers once they are notified.
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