# NHTSA recall 19V288000

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: 19V288000
- Manufacturer's number: KLD, KLE
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2019\-04\-10
- Owners notified: 2019\-05\-08
- Component: AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER
- Units potentially affected: 564

## What is wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing \(Toyota\) is recalling certain 2019 Lexus ES vehicles.  These vehicles are equipped with a driver knee air bag assembly mounted to the lower instrument panel \(IP\) that may have been improperly installed, possibly affecting the deployment of the knee air bag in the event of a crash.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash, there is an increased risk of injury if the knee air bag does not deploy properly.


## The remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the driver knee air bag assembly, if necessary, free of charge.  The recall began May 8, 2019.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-800\-255\-3987.  Toyota's numbers for this recall are KLD and KLE.


## 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 2020 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 564
- Reported remedied: 537 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 24
- Reported removed: 3

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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

- [2019 LEXUS ES](/makes/lexus/es/2019/recalls.md). Built 2019\-02\-11 to 2019\-02\-22.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [L\-SB\-0004\-22](/bulletins/10209023.md), 2022-03-14, Service bulletin
- [Lexus Safety Re](/bulletins/10190468.md), 2021-04-19, 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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