- Vehicles
- 168,187
- Built between
- Aug 2017 – Sep 2018
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 26 October 2018
- Repaired
- 94%
- Unrepaired
- 2,990
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between August 2017 and September 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2019 Toyota AvalonBuilt April 2018 to September 2018
- 2019 Toyota Avalon HybridBuilt April 2018 to September 2018
- 2018-2019 Toyota SequoiaBuilt August 2017 to September 2018
- 2018-2019 Toyota TundraBuilt August 2017 to September 2018
Repair progress
2,990 of 168,187 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2020.
94% repaired — 157,443 of 168,187 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 6,455
- Scrapped or exported
- 1,299
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 2018-2019 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 could happen
If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
What gets fixed
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began October 26, 2018.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtAugust 2017 to September 2018
- Recall reported to NHTSA4 October 2018
- Owners notified26 October 2018
- Latest repair reportQ1 2020 — 94% 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 4 October 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 J0X. Note: 18V-122 was superseded by this recall. The software remedy also includes the updates to the software for 18V-122.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- J0X
- 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.