NHTSA Campaign 15V043000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Issued by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · Reported Jan 28, 2015 · 1,006,849 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla vehicles manufactured December 28, 2001, to May 2, 2004, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles manufactured January 6, 2002, to April 29, 2004, 2003-2004 Avalon vehicles manufactured June 5, 2002, to December 20, 2004, and 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles manufactured January 18, 2002, to April 27, 2004. Due to electrical noise, a component in the air bag control module may fail, causing the front air bags, side air bags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.

Consequence

Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.

Remedy

Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the air bag control module, free of charge. The recall began on August 24, 2015. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. GM issued an interim notification to owners on March 27, 2015. The recall began on August 24, 2015. Pontiac owners may call 1-800-620-7668. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 13V-029 and 14V-147. Vehicles that had a noise filter installed as the remedy for one of those campaigns need to have the air bag control module replaced under this campaign.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
PONTIAC VIBE 2003 1,006,849
PONTIAC VIBE 2004 1,006,849
TOYOTA AVALON 2003 1,006,849
TOYOTA AVALON 2004 1,006,849
TOYOTA COROLLA 2003 1,006,849
TOYOTA COROLLA 2004 1,006,849
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2003 1,006,849
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2004 1,006,849

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V043000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.