Toyota recall: Air bags
What is wrong
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Prius vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015, to June 14, 2016. An air bag inflator manufacturing error may result in the inadvertent partial inflation of the front passenger air bag.
What could happen
A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
The fix
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began November 10, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0W.
Vehicles covered
- Toyota Prius 2016
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 16V672000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Reported to NHTSA
- Sep 16, 2016
- Owners notified
- Nov 10, 2016
- Vehicles or items affected
- 7,817
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Nov 30, 2016 to Jun 14, 2016
- Part
- Air bags › Frontal › Passenger side › Inflator module
- Maker's own recall number
- G0W
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.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
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- Lexus / Subaru / Toyota recall: Back over prevention Oct 30, 2025
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- Toyota recall: Electrical system Apr 17, 2024
- Toyota recall: Hybrid propulsion system Sep 22, 2021
- Toyota recall: Hybrid propulsion system Jun 24, 2020
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.