Toyota Tacoma (2016): Air bags
Recall 15V656000 · Oct 14, 2015 · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
306
vehicles affected
306
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 15V656000
- Date
- Oct 14, 2015
- Maker
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Units affected
- 306
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags > Knee bolster
- Model years
- 2016
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Tacoma trucks manufactured August 20, 2015, to September 10, 2015. In the affected vehicles, incorrect bolts were used to install the driver's knee air bag module.
What can happen
The incorrect bolts may loosen over time and affect the performance of the driver's knee air bag, increasing the risk of driver injury during a crash that necessitates deployment of the air bags.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install the correct driver's knee air bag module mounting bolts, free of charge. The recall began on November 19, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is F0T.
Vehicles covered
1 model, 1 model year in all
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Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 15V656000?
1 model: Toyota Tacoma (2016), about 306 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 15V656000?
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install the correct driver's knee air bag module mounting bolts, free of charge. The recall began on November 19, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is F0T.
What can happen?
The incorrect bolts may loosen over time and affect the performance of the driver's knee air bag, increasing the risk of driver injury during a crash that necessitates deployment of the air bags.
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.