NHTSA Recall 20V024000
Filed by Toyota Motor Corporation. Component: Air Bags. Reported 2020-01-17. An estimated 2,891,976 vehicles are affected. Recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer.
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.
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.
What the manufacturer will do
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.
Manufacturer campaign number: 20TB03 / 20TA03
Notes
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.
Vehicles covered by this recall
- 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2015 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2017 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2018 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2012 Toyota Avalon
- 2013 Toyota Avalon
- 2014 Toyota Avalon
- 2015 Toyota Avalon
- 2016 Toyota Avalon
- 2017 Toyota Avalon
- 2018 Toyota Avalon
- 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
- 2013 Toyota Matrix