NHTSA Campaign 15V285000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 15V285000 covers 20 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 15V285000 with NHTSA on May 13, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V285000, NHTSA lists up to 1,973,468 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 17, 2001 and June 4, 2007.
The 15V285000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V285000 were scheduled from July 13, 2015, 61 days after the report.
15V285000 covers 4 models from Toyota and Pontiac, model years 2002–2007.
Owners of the model years 15V285000 covers have filed at least 2,966 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V285000 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Corolla has the most (457).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V285000 ranks 3 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 15V285000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V285000 was 15V043000, reported on January 28, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015 that they are recalling certain model year 2004 Sequoia vehicles manufactured August 18, 2003, to August 19, 2004, and 2003-2004 Tundra vehicles manufactured March 18, 2003, to August 25, 2004. On June 16, 2015, Toyota expanded the recall to include an additional 1,270,468 vehicles, including model year 2002-2003 and 2005-2007 Sequoia, 2005-2006 Tundra, 2003-2007 Corolla, 2003-2007 Corolla Matrix, 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe and 2002-2007 Lexus SC vehicles. This is to address a safety defect in the passenger side frontal air bag inflator which may produce excessive internal pressure causing the inflator to rupture upon deployment of the air bag. This recall addresses both the passenger side frontal air bags that were originally installed in the vehicles, as well as replacement air bags that may have been installed as replacement service parts. A replacement air bag may have been installed, as one example, if a vehicle had been in a crash necessitating the replacement of the passenger side frontal air bag.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- 2003-2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles that are recalled under both 15V-043 and 15V-285 are under a Do Not Drive advisory. Owners of these vehicles are advised not to drive their vehicles until the recall remedy has been completed. Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the front passenger air bag. The recall began on July 13, 2015. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Pontiac owners may call 1-800-762-2737. NOTE: This recall supersedes recall 14V-312 in its entirety.
Reported May 13, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V285000 (20)
Toyota (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V285000, 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