NHTSA Campaign 18V883000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V883000 covers 15 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 18V883000 with NHTSA on December 12, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V883000, NHTSA lists up to 168,993 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 18, 2002 and June 4, 2007.
The 18V883000 report reached NHTSA 12 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V883000 were scheduled from January 23, 2019, 42 days after the report.
18V883000 covers 4 models from Toyota and Pontiac, model years 2002–2007.
Owners of the model years 18V883000 covers have filed at least 1,862 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V883000 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Corolla has the most (457).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V883000 ranks 64 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 18V883000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V883000 was 18V569000, reported on August 29, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2002-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2005 Toyota Corolla and Tundra, and 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation.
- The risk
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will notify the Pontiac Vibe owners. Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, or replace the air bag assembly that includes an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371, Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987 or Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. Toyota's numbers for these recalls are J0A (Zone A Toyota), J0B (Zone B Toyota), J0C (Zone C Toyota), JLI (Zone A Lexus), JLJ (Zone B Lexus), and JLK (Zone C Lexus). Note: This recall includes vehicles that have had their air bag previously replaced under an earlier air bag campaign.
Reported December 12, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V883000 (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V883000, 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: December 12, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted