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Reporting safety defects for
U.S. owners
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.
(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
remedy
campaign.
However,
NHTSA cannot become involved
in individual problems between
you, your dealer, or Toyota Motor
Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
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To contact NHTSA, you may either
call the Auto Safety Hotline toll–
free
at
1–800–424–9393
366–0123 in Washington,D.C. area)
or write to: NHTSA, U.S.Depart-
ment of Transportation, Washing-
ton,D.C. 20590. You can also ob-
tain other information about motor
vehicle safety from the Hotline.
Uniform tire quality grading
This information has been prepared in ac-
cordance with regulations issued by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
(or
tration of the U.S. Department of Trans-
portation. It provides the purchasers and/
or
prospective
purchasers
vehicles with information on uniform tire
quality grading.
Your Toyota dealer will help answer any
questions you may have as you read this
information.
DOT quality grades—All passenger ve-
hicle tires must conform to Federal
Safety
Requirements
these grades. Quality grades can be
found where applicable on the tire side-
wall between tread shoulder and maxi-
mum section width.
For example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
2003 ECHO from Aug. '02 Prod. (OM52481U)
of
Toyota
in
addition
to
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