Recall · 20V633000
Toyota Motor Engineering recalled 2 models over air bags
3,121
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
October 14, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2020 Highlander and Highlander hybrid vehicles. Incorrect seat trim covers on one or both of the front seats can prevent the seat-mounted side air bag from deploying properly.
- What it can cause
- Improper deployment of the seat-mounted side air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seats and replace the seat trim covers as necessary, free of charge. The recall began December 11, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TB14 / 20TA14.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 3,121 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2020, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Toyota vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 50 times before this, most recently in January 2020 as 20V033000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 316 complaints with NHTSA, 11 of them before this campaign was filed. 36 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 23V865000 (air bags), 23V720000 (structure), 22V239000 (electronic stability control (esc)), 20V162000 (fuel system, gasoline).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing with NHTSA on October 14, 2020 as campaign 20V633000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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