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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.