NHTSA Campaign 12V092000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 12V092000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 12V092000 with NHTSA on March 7, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V092000, NHTSA lists up to 495,470 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 14, 2004 and August 29, 2008.
The 12V092000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V092000 were scheduled from August 3, 2012, 149 days after the report.
12V092000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2005–2009.
Owners of the model years 12V092000 covers have filed at least 195 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V092000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Tacoma has the most (76).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V092000 ranks 33 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 12V092000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 12V092000 was 12V029000, reported on February 1, 2012.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2009 TACOMA VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 14, 2004, THROUGH AUGUST 29, 2008. OVER TIME, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION MAY DAMAGE THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY (CLOCKSPRING) THAT POWERS THE DRIVERS AIR BAG MODULE. IF DAMAGE OCCURS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WILL ILLUMINATE AND THE AIR BAG MAY BECOME DEACTIVATED.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.
- The fix
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY, FREE OF CHARGE. AN INTERIM LETTER IS EXPECTED TO BE MAILED TO OWNERS DURING APRIL 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
- Notes
- TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARLY APRIL 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
Reported March 7, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V092000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V092000, 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: March 7, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted