Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
EA21002
Still open engineering analysis · opened September 17, 2021 · the air bags
NHTSA safety record
Scion
Every complaint, recall and defect investigation on file for a Scion, model years 2010 to 2016.
13
Vehicles
460
Complaints
28
Recalls
11
Fires
0
Deaths
13Scion year and model combinations have enough on file to be worth a page here, and between them their owners have filed 460 safety complaints with NHTSA. More of those name the engine than any other system: 183 of them. The single most complained-about is the 2013 FR-S, with 179.
NHTSA holds 28 recall campaigns naming Scion vehicles, across every model year the agency records rather than only the ones shown here. 1 defect investigation into these vehicles is open and unresolved.
Most complained-about Scion models
Complaints for every published model year of each model added together. A model that sold in larger numbers collects more complaints, and nothing here divides by sales because NHTSA does not publish them.
What goes wrong on a Scion
The systems named most often across every Scion complaint on file. One complaint can name more than one system, so these add up to more than the complaint total. "Unknown or other" is excluded: it is what the intake form records when an owner cannot place the failure.
- ENGINE 183
- AIR BAGS 119
- POWER TRAIN 37
- STRUCTURE 32
- SERVICE BRAKES 22
Open investigations (1)
NHTSA has decided a pattern is worth examining and has not closed the file. A preliminary evaluation is often closed with no action; an engineering analysis is the stage that usually precedes a recall.
Most recent Scion recalls
The newest campaigns naming a Scion, by the date the manufacturer's defect report reached NHTSA. Each one covers a build range, which may be narrower than the model years listed.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
19V741000 · October 17, 2019
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 928,220 vehicles
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
19V005000 · January 9, 2019
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 1,299,448 vehicles
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
18V776000 · November 1, 2018
If the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners unintentionally deploy, it can increase the risk of a crash. If the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners are deactivated, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 16,992 vehicles
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
18V772000 · November 1, 2018
An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
Subaru of America, Inc. · up to 165,534 vehicles
Pages 2013 FR-S
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
18V024000 · January 9, 2018
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 628,018 vehicles
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
17V006000 · January 9, 2017
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 577,875 vehicles
Pages 2012 XB
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
16V420000 · June 9, 2016
An incorrect label may lead an owner to overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC · up to 4,253 vehicles
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
16V340000 · May 23, 2016
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 1,754,517 vehicles
TIRES
16V236000 · April 22, 2016
An incorrect label may result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC · up to 94 vehicles
Pages 2016 IM
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
16V075000 · February 10, 2016
If the key can be removed from the ignition when the transmission is not in the "Park" position, the vehicle could roll away increasing the risk of a crash and occupant or pedestrian injuries.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 25,706 vehicles
Every manufacturer's latest recalls, or check a single car with the VIN lookup.
Every Scion page on this site
13 vehicles across 6 models, newest model year first.
Built from NHTSA's complaint file published August 20, 2026, its recall campaign API and its defect investigation file. A complaint is one owner's unverified account, not a finding of fault. How this is counted. · All makes
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Independent developer and analyst