Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Air Bags › Frontal
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 28, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,006,849. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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.
The risk
Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.
The 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.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Pontiac Vibe | 266 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 2004 Toyota Avalon | 205 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 2004 Toyota Corolla | 477 | 13 | 3 | 69 |
| 2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 Pontiac Vibe | 298 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 2003 Toyota Avalon | 293 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| 2003 Toyota Corolla | 721 | 13 | 9 | 101 |
| 2003 Toyota Corolla Matrix | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V043000.
Full record for the 2004 Pontiac Vibe → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →