NHTSA Campaign 16V127000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V127000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 16V127000 with NHTSA on March 3, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V127000, NHTSA lists up to 147,242 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 3, 2007 and July 30, 2010.
The 16V127000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V127000 were scheduled from March 25, 2016, 22 days after the report.
16V127000 covers 2 models from Pontiac and Toyota, model years 2008.
Owners of the model years 16V127000 covers have filed at least 186 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V127000 vehicles, the 2008 Toyota Corolla has the most (138).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V127000 ranks 74 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V127000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V127000 was 16V128000, reported on March 2, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2008-2010 Lexus SC vehicles manufactured August 3, 2007, to July 30, 2010, 2008 Toyota Corolla vehicles manufactured May 25, 2007, to December 21, 2007, 2008 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles manufactured June 1, 2007, to December 18, 2007, and 2008 Pontiac Vibe vehicles manufactured June 1, 2007, to January 2, 2008. 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
- The recall began on March 25, 2016 for Toyota and Lexus vehicle owners. The recall began on June 23, 2016 for GM owners. The respective dealers will either replace the front passenger air bag inflator or the entire front passenger air bag assembly depending on the model. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331, or Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. This recall expands recall 15V-285.
Reported March 3, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V127000 (2)
Pontiac (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V127000, 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: March 3, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted