NHTSA Campaign 11V245000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 11V245000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 11V245000 with NHTSA on April 21, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V245000, NHTSA lists up to 307,848 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 25, 2007 and January 31, 2008.
The 11V245000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V245000 were scheduled from January 9, 2012, 263 days after the report.
11V245000 covers 3 models from Toyota, model years 2007–2008.
Owners of the model years 11V245000 covers have filed at least 215 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V245000 vehicles, the 2007 Toyota RAV4 has the most (99).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V245000 ranks 16 of 83 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V245000, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC has 8 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 11V245000 was 06V408000, reported on October 26, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 HIGHLANDER, HIGHLANDER HYBRID, AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2008 RAV4 VEHICLES. IN THE CURTAIN SHIELD AIRBAG (CSA) SYSTEM, THERE ARE TWO SENSORS IN THE AIRBAG SENSOR ASSEMBLY WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO DETECT VEHICLE ROLL ANGLE. IF ONE OF THESE SENSORS MALFUNCTIONS, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT (MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT: MIL) WILL ILLUMINATE AND THE ROLL DETECTION SYSTEM WILL BE SUSPENDED; HOWEVER, THE AIRBAG CSA REMAINS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF A SIDE CRASH. IF BOTH SENSORS FAIL NEARLY SIMULTANEOUSLY AFTER INITIAL AIRBAG SYSTEM CHECK, THE CSA AND THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER COULD BE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED.
- The risk
- INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF THE CSA AND/OR THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER CAN CAUSE INJURY TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL REPLACE THE AIRBAG SENSOR ASSEMBLY WITH A NEW ONE CONTAINING IMPROVED ROLL RATE SENSORS, FREE OF CHARGE. TOYOTA INTENDS TO SEND AN INTERIM OWNER NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS EARLY TO MID-MAY, 2011 WHEN SUFFICIENT PARTS AND REMEDY BECOMES AVAILABLE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
- Notes
- TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL NO. BOE-B1E.
Reported April 21, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V245000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V245000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: April 21, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted