NHTSA Campaign 15V286000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 15V286000 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 15V286000 with NHTSA on May 13, 2015; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 15V286000, NHTSA lists up to 1,069,055 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 18, 2002 and June 4, 2007.
The 15V286000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V286000 were scheduled from July 13, 2015, 61 days after the report.
15V286000 covers 4 models from Toyota and Pontiac, model years 2002–2007.
Owners of the model years 15V286000 covers have filed at least 2,966 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V286000 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Corolla has the most (457).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V286000 ranks 12 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 15V286000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V286000 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 2005-2007 Lexus SC, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Pontiac Vibe, and 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, along the Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. On June 16, 2015 Toyota expanded the recall to cover an additional 769,055 vehicles, including certain model year 2002-2004 Lexus SC, Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix, Toyota Corolla, Pontiac Vibe, and Toyota Tundra vehicles, as well the vehicles covered by the May 13, 2015 notification in the portions of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas that were not previously included. The inflators in the front passenger air bags are susceptible to rupture in the event of a crash necessitating the deployment of the front passenger 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-286 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 passenger side front air bag, free of charge. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota began the recall on July 13, 2015. Pontiac Vibe owners may contact GM at 1-800-762-2737. GM began the recall on June 29, 2015. NOTE: This recacll supersedes recall 14V-655 in its entirety. For vehicles located in the U.S. states not listed above, please see Toyota recall 15V-285 which covers all other U.S. states.
Reported May 13, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V286000 (20)
Toyota (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V286000, 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