NHTSA Campaign 13V029000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 13V029000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 13V029000 with NHTSA on January 30, 2013; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 13V029000, NHTSA lists up to 887,709 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 18, 2002 and April 27, 2004.
The 13V029000 report reached NHTSA 9 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V029000 were scheduled from March 13, 2013, 42 days after the report.
13V029000 covers 2 models from Pontiac and Toyota, model years 2003–2004.
Owners of the model years 13V029000 covers have filed at least 738 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V029000 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Corolla has the most (332).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V029000 ranks 17 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 13V029000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 13V029000 was 12V528000, reported on November 8, 2012.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles and 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. The supplemental restraint system (SRS) circuits are susceptible to internal shorting. The electrical short may create an abnormal current flow and increased heat which can damage the circuits. This could result in an inadvertent deployment of the front airbags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
- The risk
- Inadvertent deployment of the airbags or the seat belt pretensioners may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will re-notify their owners who have already had their vehicles repaired with a noise filter, but did not receive a new airbag control module, and General Motors will re-notify theirs. Dealers previously installed a supplemental harness containing an electrical filter between the airbag control module and its wire harness, free of charge. Dealers will replace the airbag control module, free of charge. The recall began on March 13, 2013. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for second notices. For more information, Toyota owners may call 1-800-331-4331 and Pontiac owners may call 1-800-620-7668.
Reported January 30, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V029000 (4)
Pontiac (2)
Toyota (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V029000, 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: January 30, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted