Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Air Bags › Air Bag/Restraint Control Module
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 17, 2020 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,891,976. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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.
The risk
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.
The 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.
25 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Toyota Corolla | 205 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
| 2018 Toyota Avalon | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018 Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Toyota Corolla | 136 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
| 2017 Toyota Avalon | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Toyota Corolla | 178 | 3 | 1 | 44 |
| 2016 Toyota Avalon | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Toyota Corolla | 215 | 1 | 2 | 66 |
| 2015 Toyota Avalon | 42 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015 Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 Toyota Corolla | 220 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2014 Toyota Avalon | 96 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 Toyota Corolla | 271 | 2 | 3 | 64 |
| 2013 Toyota Avalon | 137 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 Toyota Corolla | 201 | 5 | 1 | 46 |
| 2013 Toyota Matrix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Toyota Avalon | 30 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2012 Toyota Corolla | 446 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
| 2012 Toyota Matrix | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Toyota Corolla | 584 | 9 | 2 | 44 |
| 2011 Toyota Matrix | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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 20V024000.
Full record for the 2019 Toyota Corolla → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →