Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Air Bags › Side/Window
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 30, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 482,002. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Toyota Prius, 2010 and 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, and 2011-2012 Lexus CT200h vehicles. A weld in the curtain shield air bag inflator may crack causing one or both portions of the inflator to eject into the passenger cabin.
The risk
If either portion of the curtain shield air bag inflator ejects into the passenger cabin, there is an increased risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install retention brackets to the curtain shield air bags, free of charge. The recall began on October 17, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota Customer Service Department at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is Toyota G0U, and Lexus GLJ.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Lexus CT Hybrid | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Toyota Prius | 424 | 6 | 2 | 46 |
| 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 Lexus CT Hybrid | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Toyota Prius | 522 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
| 2010 Toyota Prius | 2,823 | 10 | 13 | 183 |
| 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid | 6 | 1 | 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 16V487000.
Full record for the 2012 Lexus CT Hybrid → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →