Toyota Air Bags: Side/Window

Toyota is recalling about 43,221 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. In the event of a crash, front seat side air bags and curtain shield air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury.

Campaign
19V319000
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Reported
23 April 2019
Vehicles
43,221
Built between
Jun 2014 – Jan 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 June 2019
Repaired
44%
Unrepaired
17,793

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2014 and January 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2015-2017 Toyota YarisBuilt June 2014 to January 2017

Repair progress

17,793 of 43,221 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

44% repaired — 18,850 of 43,221 reported

Owners not reachable
2,867
Scrapped or exported
3,711

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 2015-2017 Yaris vehicles. The wire harnesses for the side air bag sensors located within the front doors may crack and corrode, possibly causing the non-deployment or improper deployment of the front seat side air bags and the curtain shield air bags.

What could happen

In the event of a crash, front seat side air bags and curtain shield air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the wire harness assembly in the front doors, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 7, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2014 to January 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 April 2019
  3. Owners notified7 June 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 44% 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 23 April 2019.

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 K1F/K0F.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
K1F/K0F
Recalling manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
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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