Service bulletin 06003

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10019699
Published by NHTSA	2006-04-21
Manufacturer's number	06003
Manufacturer's date	2006-03-28
NHTSA component	AIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN (SSC) - 60B (SAFETY RECALL) (SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) AIRBAG REPLACEMENT). DUE TO IMPROPER ASSEMBLY OF THE AIRBAG INFLATOR, WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO THE SRS AIRBAG ASSEMBLY (SIDE AIRBAG, CURTAIN SIDE AIRBAG OR DRIVER KNEE AIRBAG), SOME INFLATORS WERE PRODUCED WITH AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF THE HEATING AGENTS NECESSARY FOR PROPER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Air bags

Vehicles listed
SCION TC	2005 to 2006
TOYOTA AVALON	2005, 2006
TOYOTA CAMRY	2007
TOYOTA PRIUS	2004, 2005, 2006
TOYOTA RAV4	2005
TOYOTA TACOMA	2005, 2006

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19V741000	2019-10-17. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
2015198	2015-05-13. Airbag
15V284000	2015-05-13. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
2012092	2012-03-07. Airbag
12V092000	2012-03-07. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
06V096000	2006-04-03. AIR BAGS
05V302000	2005-06-28. AIR BAGS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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