NHTSA Campaign 15V043000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 15V043000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 15V043000 with NHTSA on January 28, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V043000, NHTSA lists up to 1,006,849 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 6, 2002 and April 29, 2004.
The 15V043000 report reached NHTSA 11 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V043000 were scheduled from August 24, 2015, 208 days after the report.
15V043000 covers 3 models from Pontiac and Toyota, model years 2003–2004.
Owners of the model years 15V043000 covers have filed at least 1,049 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V043000 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Corolla has the most (332).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V043000 ranks 14 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 15V043000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V043000 was 15V013000, reported on January 16, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla vehicles manufactured December 28, 2001, to May 2, 2004, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles manufactured January 6, 2002, to April 29, 2004, 2003-2004 Avalon vehicles manufactured June 5, 2002, to December 20, 2004, and 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles manufactured January 18, 2002, to April 27, 2004. Due to electrical noise, a component in the air bag control module may fail, causing the front air bags, side air bags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.
- The risk
- Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the air bag control module, free of charge. The recall began on August 24, 2015. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. GM issued an interim notification to owners on March 27, 2015. The recall began on August 24, 2015. Pontiac owners may call 1-800-620-7668. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 13V-029 and 14V-147. Vehicles that had a noise filter installed as the remedy for one of those campaigns need to have the air bag control module replaced under this campaign.
Reported January 28, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V043000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V043000, 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 28, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted