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Toyota - Air bags seat belt pretensioners may not deploy
Official notice
17 Jan 2020
Last checked
17 Jan 2020
An official NHTSA notice concerns Toyota - Air bags seat belt pretensioners may not deploy. 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. Published 2020-01-17.
What to do now
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.
Units affected
2,891,976
Recall number
20TB03 / 20TA03
Official notice
2020-01-17
The hazard
The hazard
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.
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Brand: Toyota. Contact: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing.
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