Pontiac Vibe; Toyota Avalon, Corolla, Corolla Matrix (2003-2004): Air bags
Recall 15V043000 · Jan 28, 2015 · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
1,006,849
vehicles affected
1,006,849
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 15V043000
- Date
- Jan 28, 2015
- Maker
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Units affected
- 1,006,849
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags > Frontal
- Model years
- 2003-2004
- Started by
- The safety regulator
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
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.
What can happen
Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
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.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 8 model years in all
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Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 15V043000?
4 models: Pontiac Vibe (2003-2004), Toyota Avalon (2003-2004), Toyota Corolla (2003-2004) and 1 more, about 1.01 million vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 15V043000?
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.
What can happen?
Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.