NHTSA Campaign 12V029000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 12V029000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 12V029000 with NHTSA on February 1, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V029000, NHTSA lists up to 427 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 24, 2011 and December 19, 2011.
The 12V029000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V029000 were scheduled from March 8, 2012, 36 days after the report.
12V029000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V029000 ranks 192 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 12V029000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 RAV4 VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 24, 2011, THROUGH DECEMBER 19, 2011. IN THE CURTAIN SHIELD AIRBAGS, PROPELLANT WITH THE INCORRECT SPECIFICATION WAS USED FOR THE INITIATOR ASSEMBLED IN THE AIRBAG INFLATOR. IN THIS CONDITION, THE INFLATOR MAY NOT PERFORM PROPERLY, CAUSING ONE OR BOTH CURTAIN SHIELD AIRBAGS TO NOT DEPLOY.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT AN OCCUPANT, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL CHECK THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO IDENTIFY THE CURTAIN SHIELD ASSEMBLIES AND REPLACE THE ASSEMBLIES AS NECESSARY WITH NEW ONES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 8, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported February 1, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V029000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V029000, 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: February 1, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted