Repair soon Air bags
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
These vehicles had their driver or passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
What to do: Book this in with a dealer now. It affects a safety system.
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Repair soon Air bags
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation.
What to do: Book this in with a dealer now. It affects a safety system.
Fire risk Seats
If damaged, the copper strand heating element may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
The electrical wiring in the seat heaters may be damaged when the seat cushion is compressed.
What to do: Park away from buildings and book the repair now.
Repair soon Air bags
If the side curtain-shield-air bags deploy unexpectedly, it can increase the risk of occupant injury.
The affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly programmed, causing the side curtain-shield-air bags to deploy inadvertently.
What to do: Book this in with a dealer now. It affects a safety system.
Do not drive Air bags
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015 that they are recalling certain model year 2004 Sequoia vehicles manufactured August 18, 2003, to August 19, 2004, and 2003-2004 Tundra vehicles manufactured March 18, 2003, to August 25, 2004. On June 16, 2015, Toyota expanded the recall to include an additional 1,270,468 vehicles, including model year 2002-2003 and 2005-2007 Sequoia, 2005-2006 Tundra, 2003-2007 Corolla, 2003-2007 Corolla Matrix, 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe and 2002-2007 Lexus SC vehicles.
What to do: Don't drive it. Contact the manufacturer — most will collect the vehicle.
Do not drive Air bags
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015, that they are recalling 2005-2007 Lexus SC, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Pontiac Vibe, and 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, along the Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa.
What to do: Don't drive it. Contact the manufacturer — most will collect the vehicle.
Repair when you can Seats
Damage to the seat heater wiring could cause the wires to short, increasing the risk of the seat burning and causing personal injury to the occupant.
The affected vehicles may experience compression of the seat cushion which may damage the seat heater wiring.
What to do: Book it in at your next service. There is no deadline and no charge.
Repair when you can Labels
A driver may overload a vehicle which may increase the risk of a crash.
110, "tire selection and rims." these vehicles were sold without the requisite load carrying capacity modification labels.
What to do: Book it in at your next service. There is no deadline and no charge.