Toyota Prius (2016): Air bags
Recall 16V672000 · Sep 16, 2016 · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
7,817
vehicles affected
7,817
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 16V672000
- Date
- Sep 16, 2016
- Maker
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Units affected
- 7,817
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags > Frontal > Passenger side > Inflator module
- Model years
- 2016
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Prius vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015, to June 14, 2016. An air bag inflator manufacturing error may result in the inadvertent partial inflation of the front passenger air bag.
What can happen
A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began November 10, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0W.
Vehicles covered
1 model, 1 model year in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 16V672000?
1 model: Toyota Prius (2016), about 7,817 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 16V672000?
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began November 10, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0W.
What can happen?
A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
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.