# NHTSA recall 16V127000

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: 16V127000
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2016\-03\-03
- Owners notified: 2016\-03\-25
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 147242

## What is wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) is recalling certain model year 2008\-2010 Lexus SC vehicles manufactured August 3, 2007, to July 30, 2010, 2008 Toyota Corolla vehicles manufactured May 25, 2007, to December 21, 2007, 2008 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles manufactured June 1, 2007, to December 18, 2007, and 2008 Pontiac Vibe vehicles manufactured June 1, 2007, to January 2, 2008.  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

The recall began on March 25, 2016 for Toyota and Lexus vehicle owners.  The recall began on June 23, 2016 for GM owners.   The respective dealers will either replace the front passenger air bag inflator or the entire front passenger air bag assembly depending on the model.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-800\-331\-4331, or Pontiac customer service at 1\-800\-762\-2737.  This recall expands recall 15V\-285.


## 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 23, for 2021 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-10\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 147242
- Reported remedied: 110541 \(75%\)
- Reported unreachable: 7022
- Reported removed: 24653

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

- [2008 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-08\-03 to 2010\-07\-30.
- [2009 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2009/recalls.md). Built 2007\-08\-03 to 2010\-07\-30.
- [2010 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2010/recalls.md). Built 2007\-08\-03 to 2010\-07\-30.
- [2008 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-06\-01 to 2008\-01\-02.
- [2008 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-06\-01 to 2007\-12\-21.
- [2008 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX](/makes/toyota/corolla-matrix/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-06\-01 to 2007\-12\-18.

## 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/16V127000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V127000/investigations)

## 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/16V127000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V127000)

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