NHTSA Campaign 15V656000
AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER
NHTSA campaign 15V656000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: knee bolster. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 15V656000 with NHTSA on October 14, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V656000, NHTSA lists up to 306 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 20, 2015 and September 10, 2015.
The 15V656000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V656000 were scheduled from November 19, 2015, 36 days after the report.
15V656000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V656000 ranks 194 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 15V656000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V656000 was 15V285000, reported on May 13, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Tacoma trucks manufactured August 20, 2015, to September 10, 2015. In the affected vehicles, incorrect bolts were used to install the driver's knee air bag module.
- The risk
- The incorrect bolts may loosen over time and affect the performance of the driver's knee air bag, increasing the risk of driver injury during a crash that necessitates deployment of the air bags.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install the correct driver's knee air bag module mounting bolts, free of charge. The recall began on November 19, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is F0T.
Reported October 14, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V656000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V656000, 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: October 14, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted