NHTSA Campaign 16V487000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 16V487000 covers 3 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 16V487000 with NHTSA on June 30, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V487000, NHTSA lists up to 482,002 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 27, 2009 and October 21, 2010.
The 16V487000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V487000 were scheduled from October 17, 2016, 109 days after the report.
16V487000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2010–2012.
Owners of the model years 16V487000 covers have filed at least 74 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V487000 vehicles, the 2011 Toyota Prius has the most (46).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V487000 ranks 34 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V487000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V487000 was 16V340000, reported on May 23, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Toyota Prius, 2010 and 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, and 2011-2012 Lexus CT200h vehicles. A weld in the curtain shield air bag inflator may crack causing one or both portions of the inflator to eject into the passenger cabin.
- The risk
- If either portion of the curtain shield air bag inflator ejects into the passenger cabin, there is an increased risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install retention brackets to the curtain shield air bags, free of charge. The recall began on October 17, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota Customer Service Department at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is Toyota G0U, and Lexus GLJ.
Reported June 30, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V487000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V487000, 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: June 30, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted