NHTSA Campaign 18V025000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · Reported Jan 9, 2018 · 116,126 vehicles affected

What's wrong

On January 9, 2018, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified NHTSA that they are recalling 14,585 model year 2010-2012 Yaris vehicles ever registered in the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. As of January 30, 2018, Toyota is additionally recalling 3,347 model year 2010 Pontiac Vibe vehicles located in states listed above. Also included in this recall filing is 98,194 model year 2003-2008 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles, located throughout the U.S., that previously received a “like-for-like” interim air bag inflator replacement. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

Consequence

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assemblies with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began on January 29, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are G0R (Zone B), and H0A (Zone C), J0A (Matrix Zone A), J0A (Matrix Zone A), J0A (Matrix Zone A).

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
PONTIAC VIBE 2010 116,126
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2003 116,126
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2004 116,126
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2005 116,126
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2006 116,126
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2007 116,126
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2008 116,126
TOYOTA YARIS 2010 116,126
TOYOTA YARIS 2011 116,126
TOYOTA YARIS 2012 116,126

Source: NHTSA Campaign 18V025000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.