NHTSA Campaign 16V215000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 16V215000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 16V215000 with NHTSA on April 14, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V215000, NHTSA lists up to 58,515 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 30, 2015 and March 4, 2016.
The 16V215000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V215000 were scheduled from May 13, 2016, 29 days after the report.
16V215000 covers 2 models from Toyota, model years 2016.
Owners of the model years 16V215000 covers have filed at least 35 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V215000 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota Camry has the most (31).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V215000 ranks 101 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V215000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V215000 was 16V127000, reported on March 3, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Avalon and Camry vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015 to March 4, 2016. The occupant classification system (OCS) that activates or deactivates the front passenger seat air bag system may have been improperly calibrated. As a result, the front passenger air bag and the front passenger knee air bag may not deploy as intended in certain crash scenarios. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- The risk
- Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the OCS, free of charge. The recall began by May 13, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is G0J.
Reported April 14, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V215000 (2)
Toyota (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V215000, 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: April 14, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted