Toyota Air Bags: Occupant Classification

Toyota is recalling about 680 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. In the event of a crash, if the air bags do not deploy as designed, the front seat passenger has an increased risk of an injury.

Campaign
19V567000
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Reported
1 August 2019
Vehicles
680
Built between
Aug 2018 – Nov 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
27 August 2019
Repaired
87%
Unrepaired
65

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2018 and November 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2019 Toyota CamryBuilt August 2018 to November 2018

Repair progress

65 of 680 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2020.

87% repaired — 590 of 680 reported

Owners not reachable
12
Scrapped or exported
13

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 2019 Camry vehicles. The Occupant Classification System (OCS) may have been improperly calibrated, which may prevent the proper deployment of the front passenger air bag and knee air bag, 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."

What could happen

In the event of a crash, if the air bags do not deploy as designed, the front seat passenger has an increased risk of an injury.

What gets fixed

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the OCS, free of charge. The recall began August 27, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2018 to November 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 August 2019
  3. Owners notified27 August 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2020 — 87% 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 1 August 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 K0M.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
K0M
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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