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NHTSA Campaign 18V883000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · Reported Dec 12, 2018 · 168,993 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2002-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2005 Toyota Corolla and Tundra, and 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. 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.

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 the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will notify the Pontiac Vibe owners. Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, or replace the air bag assembly that includes an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371, Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987 or Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. Toyota's numbers for these recalls are J0A (Zone A Toyota), J0B (Zone B Toyota), J0C (Zone C Toyota), JLI (Zone A Lexus), JLJ (Zone B Lexus), and JLK (Zone C Lexus). Note: This recall includes vehicles that have had their air bag previously replaced under an earlier air bag campaign.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
LEXUS SC 2002 168,993
LEXUS SC 2003 168,993
LEXUS SC 2004 168,993
LEXUS SC 2005 168,993
PONTIAC VIBE 2003 168,993
PONTIAC VIBE 2004 168,993
PONTIAC VIBE 2005 168,993
PONTIAC VIBE 2006 168,993
PONTIAC VIBE 2007 168,993
TOYOTA COROLLA 2003 168,993
TOYOTA COROLLA 2004 168,993
TOYOTA COROLLA 2005 168,993
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2002 168,993
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2003 168,993
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2004 168,993
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2005 168,993
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2003 168,993
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2004 168,993
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2005 168,993

Source: NHTSA Campaign 18V883000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.