Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 12, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 168,993. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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.
The risk
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The 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.
19 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Pontiac Vibe | 172 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 Pontiac Vibe | 177 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005 Lexus SC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 Pontiac Vibe | 301 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005 Toyota Corolla | 854 | 10 | 4 | 114 |
| 2005 Toyota Sequoia | 352 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 Toyota Tundra | 377 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 2004 Lexus SC | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 Pontiac Vibe | 266 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 2004 Toyota Corolla | 477 | 13 | 3 | 69 |
| 2004 Toyota Sequoia | 380 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 2004 Toyota Tundra | 466 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 2003 Lexus SC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 Pontiac Vibe | 298 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 2003 Toyota Corolla | 721 | 13 | 9 | 101 |
| 2003 Toyota Sequoia | 565 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 2003 Toyota Tundra | 399 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 2002 Lexus SC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Toyota Sequoia | 666 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
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 18V883000.
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