Air bags: frontalRecall 15V-043 · Pontiac and Toyota vehicles
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recall 15V-043 covers 1,006,849 Pontiac and Toyota vehicles for a air bags: frontal problem, reported to NHTSA on January 28, 2015. The manufacturer's latest report (2016 Q4) shows 29% of affected vehicles repaired.
Source: NHTSA recall 15V043000 and manufacturer quarterly reports. Started by an NHTSA defect investigation.
The problem
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla vehicles manufactured December 28, 2001, to May 2, 2004, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles manufactured January 6, 2002, to April 29, 2004, 2003-2004 Avalon vehicles manufactured June 5, 2002, to December 20, 2004, and 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles manufactured January 18, 2002, to April 27, 2004. Due to electrical noise, a component in the air bag control module may fail, causing the front air bags, side air bags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.
The risk
Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.
The fix
Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the air bag control module, free of charge. The recall began on August 24, 2015. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. GM issued an interim notification to owners on March 27, 2015. The recall began on August 24, 2015. Pontiac owners may call 1-800-620-7668. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 13V-029 and 14V-147. Vehicles that had a noise filter installed as the remedy for one of those campaigns need to have the air bag control module replaced under this campaign.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Recall repairs are free. Confirm whether this recall is open on your vehicle by entering its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
How fast cars are being fixed
29%repaired
Share of affected vehicles repaired in each quarterly report the manufacturer filed with NHTSA. 47,598 vehicles were listed as unreachable.
Vehicles in this recall
Built from December 28, 2001 to December 20, 2004. Not every vehicle in these model years is included; check by VIN.
The investigation behind this recall
- Jeep inadvertent air bag deploymentNHTSA