NHTSA Campaign 16V340000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · Reported May 23, 2016 · 1,754,517 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2009-2011 Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2006-2011 Toyota Yaris, Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350, 2010-2011 Toyota 4Runner, Lexus IS250C, Lexus IS350C and Lexus GX460, 2011 Sienna, 2007-2011 Lexus ES350, and 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2007-2008 Toyota Yaris, 2006-2008 Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350 and 2007-2008 Lexus ES350 vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Vehicles of these model years and models that were not originally sold or ever registered in either Zones A or B are not subject to this safety recall. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

Consequence

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will contact the Pontiac owners. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator or the air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on December 6, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for interim notification for this campaign are G1P (Toyota Zone A), G1R (Toyota Zone B), G2G (Lexus Zone A), and G2H (Lexus Zone B). Toyota's numbers for final remedy for this campaign are G0P (Toyota Zone A), G0R (Toyota Zone B), GLG (Lexus Zone A), and GLH (Lexus Zone B).

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
LEXUS ES350 2007 1,754,517
LEXUS ES350 2008 1,754,517
LEXUS ES350 2009 1,754,517
LEXUS ES350 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS ES350 2011 1,754,517
LEXUS GX460 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS GX460 2011 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250 2006 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250 2007 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250 2008 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250 2009 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250 2011 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250C 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 250C 2011 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350 2006 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350 2007 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350 2008 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350 2009 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350 2011 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350C 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS IS 350C 2011 1,754,517
LEXUS IS F 2008 1,754,517
LEXUS IS F 2009 1,754,517
LEXUS IS F 2010 1,754,517
LEXUS IS F 2011 1,754,517
PONTIAC VIBE 2009 1,754,517
PONTIAC VIBE 2010 1,754,517
SCION XB 2008 1,754,517
SCION XB 2009 1,754,517
SCION XB 2010 1,754,517
SCION XB 2011 1,754,517
TOYOTA 4RUNNER 2010 1,754,517
TOYOTA 4RUNNER 2011 1,754,517
TOYOTA COROLLA 2009 1,754,517
TOYOTA COROLLA 2010 1,754,517
TOYOTA COROLLA 2011 1,754,517
TOYOTA MATRIX 2009 1,754,517
TOYOTA MATRIX 2010 1,754,517
TOYOTA MATRIX 2011 1,754,517
TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 1,754,517
TOYOTA YARIS 2006 1,754,517
TOYOTA YARIS 2007 1,754,517
TOYOTA YARIS 2008 1,754,517
TOYOTA YARIS 2009 1,754,517
TOYOTA YARIS 2010 1,754,517
TOYOTA YARIS 2011 1,754,517

Source: NHTSA Campaign 16V340000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.