NHTSA Campaign 18V176000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
NHTSA campaign 18V176000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: other: labels. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 18V176000 with NHTSA on March 15, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V176000, NHTSA lists up to 19 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 24, 2017 and October 16, 2017.
The 18V176000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V176000 were scheduled from April 11, 2018, 27 days after the report.
18V176000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2018.
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V176000 ranks 217 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 18V176000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 10 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 18V176000 was 17V831000, reported on December 20, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota Prius C vehicles sold in Puerto Rico. The front passenger air bag and recommended child occupant seating positions label may not have been attached during assembly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- The risk
- If the label is missing, occupants may not follow the proper restraint usage guidelines, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners and will mail the removable labels to all known owners of the subject vehicles, free of charge. The recall began on April 11, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0L.
Reported March 15, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V176000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V176000, 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: March 15, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted