NHTSA recall 20V024000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 20V024000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 20TB03 / 20TA03 |
| Manufacturer | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| Reported | 2020-01-17 |
| Owners notified | 2020-03-16 |
| Component | AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 2891976 |
| Report | Annual report 1, for 2022 quarter 1 to 2022 quarter 4 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2023-04-21 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 2891976 |
| Reported remedied | 1798870 (62%) |
| Reported unreachable | 80844 |
| Reported removed | 322729 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2022 quarter 4, 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.
What is wrong
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
What can happen
In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ECU and install a noise filter between the air bag control module and its wire harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owners were notified of the safety risk beginning March 2, 2020. A second letter notifying owners of the remedy repair will be mailed between March 16, 2020 and June 27, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB03, 20TA03 and 20TA05.
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.
| 2012 TOYOTA AVALON | |
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| 2013 TOYOTA AVALON | |
| 2014 TOYOTA AVALON | |
| 2015 TOYOTA AVALON | |
| 2016 TOYOTA AVALON | |
| 2017 TOYOTA AVALON | |
| 2018 TOYOTA AVALON | |
| 2013 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2014 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2015 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2016 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2017 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2018 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2011 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2012 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2013 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2014 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2016 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2017 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2018 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2019 TOYOTA COROLLA | |
| 2011 TOYOTA MATRIX | |
| 2012 TOYOTA MATRIX | |
| 2013 TOYOTA MATRIX |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as EA19001
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.
| EA19001 | Engineering analysis, opened 2019-04-19, closed 2024-09-19. Electrical overstress. AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| F0B_Expired_Deal | 2018-02-21. Service bulletin. Dealer Package: January 8, 2018 A watermark has been added to the Dealer Letter to indicate that F0B expired on December 31, 2017 LSC Expired on December 31, 2017. |
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| F0B_LSC_Phase 2_ | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. DL: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
| F0B_LSC_Dealer L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. DL: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
| F0B_LSC_Region L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. RL: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
| F0B_LSC_Dealer L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. Dealer Letter: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. This LSC will be available until December 31, 2017, and will only be available at an authorized Toyota Dealer. |
| F0B_LSC_Region L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. Region Letter: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
| F0B_LSC_Dealer L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. Dealer Letter: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. This LSC will be available until December 31, 2017, and will only be available at an authorized Toyota Dealer. |
| F0B_LSC_Region L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. Region Letter: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
| F0B_LSC_Phase 2_ | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. DL: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
| F0B_LSC_Dealer L | 2017-08-14. Service bulletin. DL: The front passenger seat assembly is equipped with sensors for the occupant classification system which are used to control the operation of supplemental restraint systems (SRS), including the front passenger airbag. The sensors classify the weight of the occupant and activate or deactivate the front passenger airbag accordingly. Additionally, the sensors are used to detect certain vehicle collisions. Due to the current collision detection thresholds, the system may interpret certain occupant seating usages or road conditions as a rear collision and illuminate the Airbag Warning Light and "AIR BAG OFF" indicator, disabling the front passenger air bag. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.