Toyota Equipment: Labels

Toyota is recalling about 19 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the label is missing, occupants may not follow the proper restraint usage guidelines, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Campaign
18V176000
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Reported
15 March 2018
Vehicles
19
Built between
Jul 2017 – Oct 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 April 2018
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2017 and October 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2018 Toyota Prius CBuilt July 2017 to October 2017

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q3 2019.

100% repaired — 19 of 19 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota Prius C vehicles sold in Puerto Rico. The front passenger air bag and recommended child occupant seating positions label may not have been attached during assembly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

What could happen

If the label is missing, occupants may not follow the proper restraint usage guidelines, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

What gets fixed

Toyota will notify owners and will mail the removable labels to all known owners of the subject vehicles, free of charge. The recall began on April 11, 2018.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2017 to October 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA15 March 2018
  3. Owners notified11 April 2018
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2019 — 100% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 15 March 2018.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0L.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
J0L
Recalling manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Safety standard
FMVSS 208
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional 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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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