NHTSA Campaign 18V685000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
NHTSA campaign 18V685000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: software. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 18V685000 with NHTSA on October 4, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V685000, NHTSA lists up to 168,187 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 20, 2018 and September 26, 2018.
Owner notification letters for 18V685000 were scheduled from October 26, 2018, 22 days after the report.
18V685000 covers 4 models from Toyota, model years 2018–2019.
Owners of the model years 18V685000 covers have filed at least 63 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V685000 vehicles, the 2018 Toyota Tundra has the most (26).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V685000 ranks 65 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 18V685000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 19 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 18V685000 was 18V579000, reported on September 5, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles. The air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may erroneously detect a fault during the vehicle start-up self check. If this occurs, the ECU may not deploy the airbags as intended, in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection," and 214, "Side Impact Protection."
- The risk
- If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began October 26, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0X. Note: 18V-122 was superseded by this recall. The software remedy also includes the updates to the software for 18V-122.
Reported October 4, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V685000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V685000, 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: October 4, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted