TOYOTA AVALON 2019: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 18V685000

Make Model Year
TOYOTA AVALON 2019
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
2018-10-26 2018-10-04 2018-10-05

Production Dates: 2018-04-20 - 2018-09-26

Manufacturers Involved: Toyota Motor Corporation

Manufacturer Campaign Number: J0X

Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 168187

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: 208

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."

Consequence

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

Remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began October 26, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0X. Note: 18V-122 was superseded by this recall. The software remedy also includes the updates to the software for 18V-122.

Notes

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.