NHTSA Campaign 20V024000

AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE

Issued by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · Reported Jan 17, 2020 · 2,891,976 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.

Consequence

In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.

Remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ECU and install a noise filter between the air bag control module and its wire harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owners were notified of the safety risk beginning March 2, 2020. A second letter notifying owners of the remedy repair will be mailed between March 16, 2020 and June 27, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB03, 20TA03 and 20TA05.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
TOYOTA AVALON 2012 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON 2013 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON 2014 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON 2015 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON 2016 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON 2017 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON 2018 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID 2013 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID 2014 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID 2015 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID 2016 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID 2017 2,891,976
TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID 2018 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2011 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2012 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2013 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2014 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2015 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2016 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2017 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2018 2,891,976
TOYOTA COROLLA 2019 2,891,976
TOYOTA MATRIX 2011 2,891,976
TOYOTA MATRIX 2012 2,891,976
TOYOTA MATRIX 2013 2,891,976

Source: NHTSA Campaign 20V024000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.