# NHTSA recall 15V286000 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: 15V286000 - Manufacturer's number: 14491 - Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing - Reported: 2015\-05\-13 - Owners notified: 2015\-07\-13 - Component: AIR BAGS - Units potentially affected: 1069055 ## What is wrong Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) notified the agency on May 13, 2015, that they are recalling 2005\-2007 Lexus SC, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Pontiac Vibe, and 2005\-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, along the Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. On June 16, 2015 Toyota expanded the recall to cover an additional 769,055 vehicles, including certain model year 2002\-2004 Lexus SC, Toyota Sequoia, 2003\-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix, Toyota Corolla, Pontiac Vibe, and Toyota Tundra vehicles, as well the vehicles covered by the May 13, 2015 notification in the portions of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas that were not previously included. The inflators in the front passenger air bags are susceptible to rupture in the event of a crash necessitating the deployment of the front passenger 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\-286 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 passenger side front air bag, free of charge. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-800\-331\-4331. Toyota began the recall on July 13, 2015. Pontiac Vibe owners may contact GM at 1\-800\-762\-2737. GM began the recall on June 29, 2015. NOTE: This recacll supersedes recall 14V\-655 in its entirety. For vehicles located in the U.S. states not listed above, please see Toyota recall 15V\-285 which covers all other U.S. states. ## 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: 1069055 - Reported remedied: 698627 \(65%\) - Reported unreachable: 72759 - Reported removed: 263487 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\-03. - [2003 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-03. - [2004 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-03. - [2005 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-03. - [2006 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2006/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-03. - [2007 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2007/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-08 to 2007\-08\-03. - [2003 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2004 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2005 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2006 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2007 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2007/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-18 to 2007\-06\-04. - [2003 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-28 to 2007\-07\-03. - [2004 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-28 to 2007\-07\-03. - [2005 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2005/recalls.md). Built 2011\-12\-28 to 2007\-07\-03. - [2006 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2006/recalls.md). Built 2011\-12\-28 to 2007\-07\-03. - [2007 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2007/recalls.md). Built 2011\-12\-28 to 2007\-07\-03. - [2003 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-06 to 2007\-06\-05. - [2004 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-06 to 2007\-06\-05. - [2005 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-06 to 2007\-06\-05. - [2006 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-06 to 2007\-06\-05. - [2007 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2007/recalls.md). Built 2002\-01\-06 to 2007\-06\-05. - [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\-07\-30 to 2006\-12\-22. - [2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-07\-30 to 2006\-12\-22. - [2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-07\-30 to 2006\-12\-22. - [2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-07\-30 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/15V286000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V286000/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/15V286000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V286000) [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%2015V286000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F15V286000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2015V286000)