NHTSA Campaign 20V024000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
NHTSA campaign 20V024000 covers 24 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: air bag/restraint control module. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 20V024000 with NHTSA on January 17, 2020; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 20V024000, NHTSA lists up to 2,891,976 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 20V024000 were scheduled from March 16, 2020, 59 days after the report.
20V024000 covers 4 models from Toyota, model years 2011–2019.
Owners of the model years 20V024000 covers have filed at least 1,236 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 20V024000 vehicles, the 2011 Toyota Corolla has the most (418).
By potentially affected vehicles, 20V024000 ranks 1 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 20V024000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 47 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 20V024000 was 19V741000, reported on October 17, 2019.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ECU and install a noise filter between the air bag control module and its wire harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owners were notified of the safety risk beginning March 2, 2020. A second letter notifying owners of the remedy repair will be mailed between March 16, 2020 and June 27, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB03, 20TA03 and 20TA05.
Reported January 17, 2020
Vehicles covered by 20V024000 (24)
Toyota (24)
- 2012 Toyota Avalon
- 2013 Toyota Avalon
- 2014 Toyota Avalon
- 2015 Toyota Avalon
- 2016 Toyota Avalon
- 2017 Toyota Avalon
- 2018 Toyota Avalon
- 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2015 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2017 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2018 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2011 Toyota Corolla
- 2012 Toyota Corolla
- 2013 Toyota Corolla
- 2014 Toyota Corolla
- 2015 Toyota Corolla
- 2016 Toyota Corolla
- 2017 Toyota Corolla
- 2018 Toyota Corolla
- 2019 Toyota Corolla
- 2011 Toyota Matrix
- 2012 Toyota Matrix
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 20V024000, 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 17, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted