# NHTSA recall 18V883000 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: 18V883000 - Manufacturer's number: See attached report - Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing - Reported: 2018\-12\-12 - Owners notified: 2019\-01\-23 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 168993 ## What is wrong Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) is recalling certain 2002\-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia, 2003\-2005 Toyota Corolla and Tundra, and 2003\-2007 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation. ## What can happen An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will notify the Pontiac Vibe owners. Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, or replace the air bag assembly that includes an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-888\-270\-9371, Lexus customer service at 1\-800\-255\-3987 or Pontiac customer service at 1\-800\-762\-2737. Toyota's numbers for these recalls are J0A \(Zone A Toyota\), J0B \(Zone B Toyota\), J0C \(Zone C Toyota\), JLI \(Zone A Lexus\), JLJ \(Zone B Lexus\), and JLK \(Zone C Lexus\). Note: This recall includes vehicles that have had their air bag previously replaced under an earlier air bag campaign. ## 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 11, for 2021 quarter 3 - Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-10\-22 - Vehicles in the campaign: 168993 - Reported remedied: 107096 \(63%\) - Reported unreachable: 2338 - Reported removed: 25292 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\-02 to 2004\-12\-23. - [2003 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-02 to 2004\-12\-23. - [2004 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-02 to 2004\-12\-23. - [2005 LEXUS SC](/makes/lexus/sc/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-01\-02 to 2004\-12\-23. - [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 2004\-12\-23. - [2004 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-28 to 2004\-12\-23. - [2005 TOYOTA COROLLA](/makes/toyota/corolla/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-12\-28 to 2004\-12\-23. - [2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2002/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2004\-12\-21. - [2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2004\-12\-21. - [2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2004\-12\-21. - [2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA](/makes/toyota/sequoia/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-04\-02 to 2004\-12\-21. - [2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-08\-05 to 2004\-12\-21. - [2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-08\-05 to 2004\-12\-21. - [2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA](/makes/toyota/tundra/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-08\-05 to 2004\-12\-21. ## 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/18V883000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V883000/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. - [13112A](/bulletins/10070221.md), 2016-06-09, Service bulletin - [13112](/bulletins/10070220.md), 2016-06-09, Service bulletin - [SB\-13112\-A](/bulletins/10060002.md), 2016-03-16, Service bulletin - [SB\-13112](/bulletins/10059990.md), 2016-03-16, 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/18V883000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V883000) [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%2018V883000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F18V883000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2018V883000)