NHTSA Campaign 18V085000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 18V085000 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 18V085000 with NHTSA on January 31, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V085000, NHTSA lists up to 48,672 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 9, 2015 and December 25, 2015.
The 18V085000 report reached NHTSA 2 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V085000 were scheduled from March 30, 2018, 58 days after the report.
18V085000 covers 3 models from Toyota and Lexus, model years 2016.
Owners of the model years 18V085000 covers have filed at least 9 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V085000 vehicles, the 2016 Lexus Rx350 has the most (9).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V085000 ranks 108 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 18V085000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V085000 was 18V024000, reported on January 9, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Toyota Prius and Lexus RX 350, RX 350 F Sport, RX 450h F Sport and RX 450h vehicles and 2015-2016 Lexus NX 200T, NX Turbo and NX 300h vehicles. The air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash.
- The risk
- If the air bags fail to deploy in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensors as necessary based on their serial numbers, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 12, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are JLA, J0F.
Reported January 31, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V085000 (3)
Lexus (2)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V085000, 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: January 31, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted