NHTSA Campaign 15V284000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 15V284000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 15V284000 with NHTSA on May 13, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V284000, NHTSA lists up to 159,700 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 13, 2003 and October 25, 2005.
The 15V284000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V284000 were scheduled from August 21, 2015, 100 days after the report.
15V284000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2004–2005.
Owners of the model years 15V284000 covers have filed at least 106 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V284000 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota RAV4 has the most (59).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V284000 ranks 70 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 15V284000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V284000 was 15V043000, reported on January 28, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2004-2005 Toyota RAV4 vehicles manufactured May 13, 2003, to October 25, 2005. The affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Owners of these vehicles are advised not to drive their vehicles until the recall remedy has been completed. Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag, free of charge. Owners were mailed an interim notice June 17, 2015. The recall began on August 21, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
Reported May 13, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V284000 (2)
Toyota (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V284000, 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: May 13, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted