Toyota Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Sequoia and others: Air bags

Date

Oct. 4, 2018

Filed by

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

Vehicles

Toyota Avalon (2019); Toyota Avalon Hybrid (2019); Toyota Sequoia (2018, 2019); Toyota Tundra (2018, 2019)

Manufacturer of the vehicles

Toyota Motor Corporation

Component

Air Bags; Electrical System › Software

Description of the defect

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."

Potentially affected

168187

What can happen

If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

Remedy

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 Note: 18V-122 was superseded by this recall.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.

Recall notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Owner notification date

Oct. 26, 2018

Manufacturer campaign number

J0X

Recall type

V (vehicle)

FMVSS

208

Influenced by

MFR

Recall number

18V685000

What should I do? Car recall: how to check your car and get it fixed

Related recalls

• Related recall: Toyota Sequoia, Tundra: Electronic stability control (esc) (Feb. 20, 2018)
• Related recall: Toyota Sequoia, Tundra: Electronic stability control (esc) (Feb. 20, 2018)

Source: NHTSA · Vehicle record. View the agency notice. The agency notice governs; check it and the company before acting.