# NHTSA recall 15V285000 A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups. - Published by: NHTSA \(United States\) - Campaign number: 15V285000 - Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing - Reported: 2015\-05\-13 - Owners notified: 2015\-07\-13 - Component: AIR BAGS - Units potentially affected: 1973468 ## What is wrong Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) notified the agency on May 13, 2015 that they are recalling certain model year 2004 Sequoia vehicles manufactured August 18, 2003, to August 19, 2004, and 2003\-2004 Tundra vehicles manufactured March 18, 2003, to August 25, 2004. On June 16, 2015, Toyota expanded the recall to include an additional 1,270,468 vehicles, including model year 2002\-2003 and 2005\-2007 Sequoia, 2005\-2006 Tundra, 2003\-2007 Corolla, 2003\-2007 Corolla Matrix, 2003\-2007 Pontiac Vibe and 2002\-2007 Lexus SC vehicles. This is to address a safety defect in the passenger side frontal air bag inflator which may produce excessive internal pressure causing the inflator to rupture upon deployment of the air bag. This recall addresses both the passenger side frontal air bags that were originally installed in the vehicles, as well as replacement air bags that may have been installed as replacement service parts. A replacement air bag may have been installed, as one example, if a vehicle had been in a crash necessitating the replacement of the passenger side frontal air bag. ## What can happen In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy 2003\-2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles that are recalled under both 15V\-043 and 15V\-285 are under a Do Not Drive advisory. Owners of these vehicles are advised not to drive their vehicles until the recall remedy has been completed. Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the front passenger air bag. The recall began on July 13, 2015. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-800\-331\-4331. Pontiac owners may call 1\-800\-762\-2737. NOTE: This recall supersedes recall 14V\-312 in its entirety. ## 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. ## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported - Report: Quarterly report 25, for 2021 quarter 3 - Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-10\-22 - Vehicles in the campaign: 1973468 - Reported remedied: 1376847 \(69%\) - Reported unreachable: 158496 - Reported removed: 426468 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19. ## Vehicles this campaign lists - [2002 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-06. - [2003 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-06. - [2004 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-06. - [2005 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-06. - [2006 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2006/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-06. - [2007 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2007/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-06. - [2003 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-06. - [2004 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-06. - [2005 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-06. - [2006 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2006/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-06. - [2007 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2007/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-06. - [2003 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-07\-04. - [2004 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-07\-04. - [2005 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-07\-04. - [2006 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2006/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-07\-04. - [2007 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2007/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-07\-04. - [2003 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2004 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2005 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2006 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2006/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2007 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2007/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-17 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2002/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2007\-11\-08. - [2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2007\-11\-08. - [2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2007\-11\-08. - [2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2007\-11\-08. - [2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2007\-11\-08. - [2007 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2007/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2007\-11\-08. - [2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-24 to 2006\-12\-22. - [2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-24 to 2006\-12\-22. - [2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-24 to 2006\-12\-22. - [2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-24 to 2006\-12\-22. ## Investigated as EA15001 This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected. - EA15001: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-02\-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V285000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V285000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [18\-NA\-094](/bulletins/10252974.md), 2024-04-09, Service bulletin - [18\-NA\-094](/bulletins/10251345.md), 2024-03-06, Service bulletin - [Support Division](/bulletins/10251075.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin - [Product](/bulletins/10251073.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin - [14491A](/bulletins/10247213.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin - [13112A](/bulletins/10246724.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin - [13112](/bulletins/10246723.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin - [13030B](/bulletins/10246703.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin - [13030A](/bulletins/10246702.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin - [13030](/bulletins/10246701.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin ## Check a VIN - [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) - [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V285000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V285000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2015V285000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F15V285000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2015V285000)