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	Make:	Toyota
	Model Year:	2019
	Model:	SEQUOIA
	NHTSA Campaign Number:	18V685000
	Component:	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SOFTWARE
	Potential Number of Vehicles Affected:	168,187
	Owner Notified Date:	N/A
	Report Received Date:	10/04/2018
	Record Creation Date:	10/05/2018

2019 Toyota SEQUOIA DEFECT SUMMARY

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles. The air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may erroneously detect a fault during the vehicle start-up self check. If this occurs, the ECU may not deploy the airbags as intended, in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, Occupant Crash Protection, and 214, Side Impact Protection.~|

2019 Toyota SEQUOIA DEFECT CONSEQUENCE SUMMARY

If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.~

2019 Toyota SEQUOIA RECALL CORRECTIVE SUMMARY

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin October 22, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0X.
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.