The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2009-2011 Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2006-2011 Toyota Yaris, Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350, 2010-2011 Toyota 4Runner, Lexus IS250C, Lexus IS350C and Lexus GX460, 2011 Sienna, 2007-2011 Lexus ES350, and 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2007-2008 Toyota Yaris, 2006-2008 Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350 and 2007-2008 Lexus ES350 vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Vehicles of these model years and models that were not originally sold or ever registered in either Zones A or B are not subject to this safety recall. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will contact the Pontiac owners. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator or the air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on December 6, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for interim notification for this campaign are G1P (Toyota Zone A), G1R (Toyota Zone B), G2G (Lexus Zone A), and G2H (Lexus Zone B). Toyota's numbers for final remedy for this campaign are G0P (Toyota Zone A), G0R (Toyota Zone B), GLG (Lexus Zone A), and GLH (Lexus Zone B).
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
Components: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
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 ES350 | 2007 | 465 | 4 |
| Lexus ES350 | 2008 | 255 | 4 |
| Lexus ES350 | 2009 | 145 | 5 |
| Lexus ES350 | 2010 | 137 | 5 |
| Lexus ES350 | 2011 | 153 | 3 |
| Lexus GX460 | 2010 | 31 | 5 |
| Lexus GX460 | 2011 | 26 | 3 |
| Lexus IS 250 | 2006 | 189 | 6 |
| Lexus IS 250 | 2007 | 213 | 5 |
| Lexus IS 250 | 2008 | 125 | 5 |
| Lexus IS 250 | 2009 | 48 | 6 |
| Lexus IS 250 | 2010 | 40 | 6 |
| Lexus IS 250 | 2011 | 30 | 4 |
| Lexus IS 250C | 2010 | 11 | 6 |
| Lexus IS 250C | 2011 | 7 | 4 |
| Lexus IS 350 | 2006 | 93 | 8 |
| Lexus IS 350 | 2007 | 53 | 8 |
| Lexus IS 350 | 2008 | 30 | 8 |
| Lexus IS 350 | 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| Lexus IS 350 | 2010 | 8 | 8 |
| Lexus IS 350 | 2011 | 5 | 7 |
| Lexus IS 350C | 2010 | 11 | 8 |
| Lexus IS 350C | 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| Lexus IS F | 2008 | 13 | 5 |
| Lexus IS F | 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| Lexus IS F | 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| Lexus IS F | 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| Pontiac Vibe | 2009 | 528 | 9 |
| Pontiac Vibe | 2010 | 58 | 8 |
| Scion xB | 2008 | 339 | 8 |
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