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Toyota - Passenger frontal air bag inflator may rupture

Official notice

23 May 2016

Last checked

23 May 2016

Critical riskNHTSA
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An official NHTSA notice concerns Toyota - Passenger frontal air bag inflator may rupture. An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death. Published 2016-05-23.

What to do now

Toyota will notify the toyota and lexus owners. General motors will contact the pontiac owners. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator or the air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on december 6, 2016. Owners may contact toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for interim notification for this campaign are g1p (toyota zone a), g1r (toyota zone b), g2g (lexus zone a), and g2h (lexus zone b). Toyota's numbers for final remedy for this campaign are g0p (toyota zone a), g0r (toyota zone b), glg (lexus zone a), and glh (lexus zone b).

Units affected

1,754,517

Recall number

TG1P/G1R L:G2G/G2H

Official notice

2016-05-23

The hazard

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

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Affected products

Product 1

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing — Passenger frontal air bag inflator may rupture

Units affected

1,754,517

Risk / hazard

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

US · United States

Affected area 1

US · United States

Company & contacts

Brand

Toyota

Manufacturer

Toyota motor engineering & manufacturing

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Toyota. Contact: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing.

Source & status

Source

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

TG1P/G1R L:G2G/G2H

Campaign number

16V340000

Units affected

1,754,517

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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