Toyota Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Sequoia, Tundra (2018-2019): Electrical system
Recall 18V685000 · Oct 4, 2018 · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
168,187
vehicles affected
168,187
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 18V685000
- Date
- Oct 4, 2018
- Maker
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Units affected
- 168,187
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Electrical system > Software; Air bags
- Model years
- 2018-2019
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles. The air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may erroneously detect a fault during the vehicle start-up self check. If this occurs, the ECU may not deploy the airbags as intended, in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection," and 214, "Side Impact Protection."
What can happen
If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began October 26, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0X. Note: 18V-122 was superseded by this recall. The software remedy also includes the updates to the software for 18V-122.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 6 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 18V685000?
4 models: Toyota Avalon (2019), Toyota Avalon Hybrid (2019), Toyota Sequoia (2018-2019) and 1 more, about 168,187 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 18V685000?
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began October 26, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0X. Note: 18V-122 was superseded by this recall. The software remedy also includes.
What can happen?
If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a 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.