NHTSA Campaign 18V569000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 18V569000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 18V569000 with NHTSA on August 29, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V569000, NHTSA lists up to 19,354 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 5, 2011 and October 22, 2012.
The 18V569000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V569000 were scheduled from September 19, 2018, 21 days after the report.
18V569000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 18V569000 covers have filed at least 6 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V569000 ranks 133 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 18V569000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V569000 was 18V085000, reported on January 31, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2012 Toyota Avalon vehicles. During a vehicle repair, the seat belt inner buckles may have been replaced with parts that may incorrectly tell the air bag management system that the seat belt is always buckled.
- The risk
- If the seat belt is falsely interpreted as being buckled, in the event of a crash, the air bags may not deploy appropriately, increasing the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will test the seat belt assembly to verify that it is properly detecting being unbuckled, replacing the inner seat belt assembly as necessary, free of charge. The recall began September 19, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0S.
Reported August 29, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V569000 (1)
Toyota (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V569000, 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: August 29, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted