# NHTSA recall 16V215000

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: 16V215000
- Manufacturer's number: G0J
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2016\-04\-14
- Owners notified: 2016\-05\-13
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 58515

## What is wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Avalon and Camry vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015 to March 4, 2016.  The occupant classification system \(OCS\) that activates or deactivates the front passenger seat air bag system may have been improperly calibrated.  As a result, the front passenger air bag and the front passenger knee air bag may not deploy as intended in certain crash scenarios.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the OCS, free of charge.  The recall began by May 13, 2016.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-888\-270\-9371.  Toyota's number for this recall is G0J.


## 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 6, for 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 58515
- Reported remedied: 52364 \(89%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2408
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2016 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-11\-30 to 2016\-03\-04.
- [2016 TOYOTA CAMRY](/makes/toyota/camry/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-11\-30 to 2016\-03\-04.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [23TE09A](/bulletins/10249321.md), 2024-01-29, Service bulletin
- [TSB003220](/bulletins/10244113.md), 2023-10-16, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0094\-21 Rev](/bulletins/10227898.md), 2022-12-19, Service bulletin
- [TSB004522Rev1](/bulletins/10224102.md), 2022-10-17, Service bulletin
- [Toyota Safety Re](/bulletins/10190460.md), 2021-04-19, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0218\-17\_Rev](/bulletins/10132410.md), 2018-04-02, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0184\-17](/bulletins/10131768.md), 2018-04-02, Service bulletin
- [DEN\-N3D7B\-06](/bulletins/10092865.md), 2017-02-24, 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)

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