NHTSA 20V024000Manufacturer no. 20TB03 / 20TA03
Air Bags › Air Bag/Restraint Control Module
- Report received by NHTSA
- January 17, 2020
- Owner notification
- March 16, 2020
- Recall initiated by
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Units potentially affected
- 2,891,976 (whole campaign)
- Model names in the NHTSA record
- COROLLA
Defect summary
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.
Safety 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.
Remedy
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.
Notes in the NHTSA record
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.
Source: NHTSA recall 20V024000, filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing. View the campaign on NHTSA.gov