The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX470, 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, 2004-2006 Toyota 4Runner and Lexus GX470 vehicles equipped with side curtain-shield-air bags. The affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly programmed, causing the side curtain-shield-air bags to deploy inadvertently.
The risk
If the side curtain-shield-air bags deploy unexpectedly, it can increase the risk of occupant injury.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control module with one that has improved programming, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-271-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is G0C and GLB.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Lexus GX470 | 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Lexus LX470 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Toyota 4Runner | 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Toyota Sequoia | 2005, 2006 |
| Toyota Tundra | 2005, 2006 |
Components: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexus GX470 | 2004 | 32 | 1 |
| Lexus GX470 | 2005 | 30 | 1 |
| Lexus GX470 | 2006 | 28 | 1 |
| Lexus LX470 | 2003 | 18 | 3 |
| Lexus LX470 | 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| Lexus LX470 | 2005 | 8 | 3 |
| Lexus LX470 | 2006 | 9 | 3 |
| Toyota 4Runner | 2004 | 612 | 2 |
| Toyota 4Runner | 2005 | 410 | 5 |
| Toyota 4Runner | 2006 | 381 | 5 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2003 | 10 | 1 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2004 | 5 | 1 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2005 | 9 | 3 |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | 2006 | 9 | 2 |
| Toyota Sequoia | 2005 | 352 | 9 |
| Toyota Sequoia | 2006 | 202 | 8 |
| Toyota Tundra | 2005 | 377 | 12 |
| Toyota Tundra | 2006 | 545 | 10 |
Other air bags recalls in 2016
92 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the air bags; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 16V946000 30 Dec 2016 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 16V956000 30 Dec 2016 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 16V943000 29 Dec 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 16V941000 29 Dec 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 16V939000 28 Dec 2016 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 16V953000 28 Dec 2016 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 16V935000 27 Dec 2016 | Daimler Vans USA, LLC |
| 16V947000 22 Dec 2016 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016