NHTSA Campaign 16V340000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V340000 covers 31 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 16V340000 with NHTSA on May 23, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V340000, NHTSA lists up to 1,754,517 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 25, 2008 and August 29, 2011.
The 16V340000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V340000 were scheduled from November 18, 2016, 179 days after the report.
16V340000 covers 10 models from Toyota, Lexus, Scion and Pontiac, model years 2006–2011.
Owners of the model years 16V340000 covers have filed at least 3,640 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V340000 vehicles, the 2009 Toyota Corolla has the most (552).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V340000 ranks 7 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V340000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V340000 was 16V215000, reported on April 14, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2009-2011 Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2006-2011 Toyota Yaris, Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350, 2010-2011 Toyota 4Runner, Lexus IS250C, Lexus IS350C and Lexus GX460, 2011 Sienna, 2007-2011 Lexus ES350, and 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2007-2008 Toyota Yaris, 2006-2008 Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350 and 2007-2008 Lexus ES350 vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Vehicles of these model years and models that were not originally sold or ever registered in either Zones A or B are not subject to this safety recall. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will contact the Pontiac owners. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator or the air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on December 6, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for interim notification for this campaign are G1P (Toyota Zone A), G1R (Toyota Zone B), G2G (Lexus Zone A), and G2H (Lexus Zone B). Toyota's numbers for final remedy for this campaign are G0P (Toyota Zone A), G0R (Toyota Zone B), GLG (Lexus Zone A), and GLH (Lexus Zone B).
Reported May 23, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V340000 (31)
Toyota (15)
Lexus (11)
Pontiac (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V340000, 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 23, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted