# NHTSA recall 20V033000

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: 20V033000
- Manufacturer's number: 20TB01/20TA01
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2020\-01\-22
- Owners notified: 2020\-08\-28
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 138842

## What is wrong

Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing  \(Toyota\) is recalling certain 1998\-2000 RAV4, 1998\-1999 RAV4 EV and Celica and 1997\-1998 Supra vehicles.  These vehicles were equipped with Non\-Azide Driver air bag Inflators \(NADI\) and do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate \(PSAN\) propellant.  Due to a manufacturing issue, the NADI inflators may absorb moisture, causing the inflators to rupture or the air bag cushion to underinflate.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants.  An underinflated air bag may not properly protect the occupant, and increases the risk of serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and owners will have the option to self\-inspect, or have a dealer inspect the steering wheel on their vehicle to determine if their vehicle may be equipped with an affected inflator.  Potentially affected steering wheel serial numbers will be inspected by a dealer.  Based on the inspection, dealers will replace the front driver air bag inflator with an alternate one, as necessary.  These repairs will be performed free of charge.  The recall began August 28, 2020.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1\-888\-270\-9371.  Toyota's numbers for this recall is 20TB01 and 20TA01.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 3 to 2025 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-07\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 138842
- Reported remedied: 12844 \(9%\)
- Reported unreachable: 16745
- Reported removed: 43253

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 2, 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

- [1998 TOYOTA CELICA](/makes/toyota/celica/1998/recalls.md)
- [1999 TOYOTA CELICA](/makes/toyota/celica/1999/recalls.md)
- [1998 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/1998/recalls.md)
- [1999 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/1999/recalls.md)
- [2000 TOYOTA RAV4](/makes/toyota/rav4/2000/recalls.md)
- [1997 TOYOTA SUPRA](/makes/toyota/supra/1997/recalls.md)
- [1998 TOYOTA SUPRA](/makes/toyota/supra/1998/recalls.md)

## Investigated as EQ19002

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.

- EQ19002: Equipment query, opened 2019\-12\-16, closed 2023\-12\-11. Takata Non\-Azide Driver Air Bag Inflator Ruptures. AIR BAGS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V033000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V033000/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/20V033000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V033000)

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