ReportingSafetyDefects -> Reporting safety defects for U.S. owners for Your Toyota 4 Runner SUV Third Generation (1996-2002)

’01 4Runner_U (L/O 0008)  
Reporting safety defects  
for U.S. owners  
Uniform tire quality grading  
This information has been prepared in ac-  
cordance with regulations issued by the  
National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-  
tration of the U.S. Department of Trans-  
portation. It provides the purchasers and/  
or prospective purchasers of Toyota  
vehicles with information on uniform tire  
quality grading.  
If you believe that your vehicle  
has a defect which could cause a  
crash or could cause injury or  
death, you should immediately in-  
form the National Highway Traffic  
Safety Administration (NHTSA) in  
addition to notifying Toyota Motor  
Sales, U.S.A., Inc.  
To contact NHTSA, you may ei-  
ther call the Auto Safety Hotline  
toll−free at 1−800−424−9393 (or  
366−0123 in Washington, D.C.  
area) or write to: NHTSA, U.S.  
Department of Transportation,  
Washington, D.C. 20590. You can  
also obtain other information about  
motor vehicle safety from the Hot-  
line.  
Your Toyota dealer will help answer any  
questions you may have as you read this  
information.  
(Toll−free: 1−800−331−4331).  
If NHTSA receives similar com-  
plaints, it may open an investiga-  
tion, and if it finds that a safety  
defect exists in a group of ve-  
hicles, it may order a recall and  
DOT quality grades—All passenger car  
tires must conform to Federal Safety  
Requirements in addition to these  
grades. Quality grades can be found  
where applicable on the tire sidewall  
between tread shoulder and maximum  
section width. For example: Treadwear  
200 Traction AA Temperature A  
remedy  
campaign.  
However,  
NHTSA cannot become involved  
in individual problems between  
you, your dealer, or Toyota Motor  
Sales, U.S.A., Inc.  
2001 4RUNNER (OM35768U)  
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