NHTSA Campaign 16V672000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V672000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 16V672000 with NHTSA on September 16, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V672000, NHTSA lists up to 7,817 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 30, 2016 and June 14, 2016.
The 16V672000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V672000 were scheduled from November 10, 2016, 55 days after the report.
16V672000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V672000 ranks 156 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 16V672000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V672000 was 16V487000, reported on June 30, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Prius vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015, to June 14, 2016. An air bag inflator manufacturing error may result in the inadvertent partial inflation of the front passenger air bag.
- The risk
- A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began November 10, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0W.
Reported September 16, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V672000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V672000, 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: September 16, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted