NHTSA Campaign 16V065000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 16V065000 covers 14 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 16V065000 with NHTSA on February 5, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V065000, NHTSA lists up to 320,409 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 30, 2002 and June 7, 2006.
The 16V065000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V065000 were scheduled from December 1, 2016, 300 days after the report.
16V065000 covers 5 models from Lexus and Toyota, model years 2003–2006.
Owners of the model years 16V065000 covers have filed at least 401 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V065000 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Tundra has the most (134).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V065000 ranks 47 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V065000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V065000 was 16V053000, reported on February 1, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX470, 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, 2004-2006 Toyota 4Runner and Lexus GX470 vehicles equipped with side curtain-shield-air bags. The affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly programmed, causing the side curtain-shield-air bags to deploy inadvertently.
- The risk
- If the side curtain-shield-air bags deploy unexpectedly, it can increase the risk of occupant injury.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control module with one that has improved programming, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-271-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is G0C and GLB.
Reported February 5, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V065000 (14)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V065000, 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: February 5, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted