Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| AIR BAGS | ||||||||||||||||
| 05V302000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 09/14/2004 to 05/14/2005 | V (Vehicle) | 11592 | 07/25/2005 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 06/28/2005 | 06/28/2005 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain regular cab pickup trucks equipped with a bench seat, the seat position and seat belt buckle sensor connector pins are incorrectly positioned due to a wire harness manufacturing process error. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In this condition, the seat position and seat belt buckle sensor may not function as designed, affecting the adaptive air bag deployment, which if the vehicle is involved in a crash, could result in improper occupant restraint. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect the seat position and seat belt fastening condition sensor connector. an additional sub-wire harness will be installed to correct the connector pin manufacturing error, if necessary. the recall began on july 25, 2005. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-431-4331. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota recall no. ssc 50i.customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| 06V096000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 04/20/2005 to 11/29/2005 | V (Vehicle) | 133 | 04/06/2006 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 04/03/2006 | 04/03/2006 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain vehicles, due to improper assembly of the air bag inflator, which is used in the side air bag, the curtain shield air bag, and the knee air bag assembly, some inflators were produced with an insufficient amount of the heating agents necessary for proper air bag deployment. in this condition, the expansion force of the gas may be insufficient to properly inflate the air bag when the srs system is activated during a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This may increase the risk of injury to the occupant in the involved seating position in the event of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the specific srs air bag. the recall began on april 6, 2006. owners may contact toyota at 1-888-270-9371, scion at 1-866-548-1851, or lexus at 1-800-255-3987. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota recall no. 60b and lexus recall no. 6lb.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 12V092000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 09/14/2004 to 08/29/2008 | V (Vehicle) | 495470 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 03/07/2012 | 03/07/2012 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2005-2009 tacoma vehicles, manufactured from september 14, 2004, through august 29, 2008. over time, steering wheel vibration may damage the spiral cable assembly (clockspring) that powers the driver | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a crash, the driver | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the spiral cable assembly, free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin in early april 2012. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the spiral cable assembly, free of charge.the safety recall is expected to begin in early april 2012.owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| AIR BAGS | |||||
| TSB-0122-11 | 09/06/2011 | 10042555 | Toyota: information provided for replacing the seat covers for vehicles equipped with side airbags. *pe | 12/16/2011 | |
| 06003 | 03/28/2006 | 10019699 | Special service campaign (ssc) - 60b (safety recall) (supplemental restraint system (srs) airbag replacement). due to improper assembly of the airbag inflator, which is incorporated into the srs airbag assembly (side airbag, curtain side | 04/20/2006 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 09/09/2012 | 110000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that after having repairs performed on the vehicle under nhtsa campaign id number: 12v092000 (air bags:frontal), the air bag warning light illuminated sporadically. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that there was an ecm air bag malfunction. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance and referred her to the dealer. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 110,000. kmj | |||
| 09/09/2012 | 110000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that after having repairs for recall nhtsa campaign id number: 12v092000 (air bags:frontal) the air bag warning illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnose that there was an ecm air bag malfunction. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance and referred her to back to the dealer. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 110,000. pm | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 88640 | 1 | |
| Just started my truck up to go to work as usual and after about 1/2 a mile the airbag light came on. my truck has never been in an accident and the airbags have never been deployed before so i wanted to get it checked out when i got to work. as an ase certified technician i hooked up my scan tool and pulled code b1801-open in d squib circuit. so i examined it more and pulled up airbag operation data passenger buckle sw (seatbelt) unplugged=unset plugged in=set d seat pos with seatbelt unbuckled=bkwrd buckled=frwrd driver buckle sw unplugged=unset and plugged in=unset. i followed the toyota motor sales usa inc trouble tree for this dtc and came to the conclusion that the spiral cable needs replaced. went online and googled the dtc and have found several complaints and questions about this dtc. several failures of the spiral cable. this seems like it is a manufacturing defect that has been designed to fail. i feel toyota needs to step up and correct the defective parts. *tr | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 88640 | ||
| Just started my truck up to go to work as usual and after about 1/2 a mile the airbag light came on. my truck has never been in an accident and the airbags have never been deployed before so i wanted to get it checked out when i got to work. as an ase certified technician i hooked up my scan tool and pulled code b1801-open in d squib circuit. so i examined it more and pulled up airbag operation data passenger buckle sw (seatbelt) unplugged=unset plugged in=set d seat pos with seatbelt unbuckled=bkwrd buckled=frwrd driver buckle sw unplugged=unset and plugged in=unset. i followed the toyota motor sales usa inc trouble tree for this dtc and came to the conclusion that the spiral cable needs replaced. went online and googled the dtc and have found several complaints and questions about this dtc. several failures of the spiral cable. this seems like it is a manufacturing defect that has been designed to fail. i feel toyota needs to step up and correct the defective parts | |||
| 04/22/2009 | 112317 | 1 | |
| Replacement of spiral cable assembly, diagnosis, paper work to take 4 hours to six hours to complete. this was quoted to me by your toyota dealership ( precision toyota) in the tucson area. yet the notification states only 30 minutes is needed to replace. *tr | |||
| 04/22/2009 | 112317 | ||
| Replacement of spiral cable assembly, diagnosis, paper work to take 4 hours to six hours to complete. this was quoted to me by your toyota dealership ( precision toyota) in the tucson area. yet the notification states only 30 minutes is needed to replace. | |||
| 05/14/2011 | 50000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that the air bag warning light remained illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was 50,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 05/14/2011 | 50000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that the air bag warning light remained illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was 50,000. the vin was unavailable. rvk | |||
| 01/06/2012 | 93000 | ||
| Air bags light came on for no reason | |||
| 12/28/2011 | 50000 | ||
| 2005 toyota tacoma sr5 dbl cab, 6 cyl, 4.0 eng. 50k miles, 4 wheel drive, manual transmission: driver side airbag light turned on and stays on. i have searched the internet for info. on it and have found a lot of people have been having this problem. going by the info. found on line, from google to newsgroups it seems that the spiral cable in the steering column is failing at a alarming rate. the toyota dealers are just charging for diagnostics and not admitting a product defect. i am taking mine to the dealer and is $117.00 just to diagnose it.. and i know this takes them 10 min or less to hook it up to the computer and get the error codes printed. this dealers are charging $90 to $120 just for the diagnostic.. and it seems the repairs can go from $300 up to $800.00. srs (air bag) issues should be covered for the life of a vehicle or srs (air bags) should be optional! if it is a required part like a seat belt toyota should cover the part free. please take time to review my compliant and those of others. ivoq n n n n v | |||
| 10/05/2011 | 95261 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. the dealer advised the contact that the spiral cable needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure however, did not offer any assistance. no repairs were performed. the current and failure mileages were 95,261. | |||
| 10/05/2011 | 95261 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. the dealer advised the contact that the spiral cable needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure however, did not offer any assistance. no repairs were performed. the current and failure mileages were 95,261. kmj | |||
| 10/05/2011 | 95261 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. the dealer advised the contact that the spiral cable needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was aware of the failure; however, did not offer any assistance. no repairs were performed. the current and failure mileages were 95,261. bw | |||
| 07/28/2011 | 114000 | ||
| My airbag light came on when driving one day. as i did research, it seems that the spiral cable in the steering wheel in the newer tacomas are faulty. there are entirely too many of these things going bad. a simple search on google for tacoma spiral cable brings up scores of people with these things going bad, some at 30-40 thousand miles! it is rediculous that toyota has had this ongoing problem and done nothing! after all the crap about unintended acceleration and floormats i would expect them to address this issue, but apparently safety systems are't that important to them. not only do they have chronic failures, but the dealerships are more than happy to charge $100 to diagnose the problem, even though almost every case is the spiral cable. the total bill comes to anywhere from 4-500 dollars depending on the dealership, for a repair that shouldn't happen in the first place. normal wear and tear is one thing, but since when is there normal wear and tear on air bags? | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 92277 | ||
| My air bag light went on for no reason - no service or impact to trigger the sensor. i paid a toyota dealer $112 for a diagnostic check and they found codes b1660 & b1801, requiring me to replace the spiral cable. the cost was about $570 before tax. i did not have the money to do the repair, so the air bag light is still on. the toyota representative told me that the air bag would not function in a crash if this was not repaired. this is a defective part and should be replaced by toyota whether i am under warranty or not because it is a safety feature of the vehicle, and other mechanics will not work on air bags. | |||
| 03/30/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that upon starting the vehicle the air bag light illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the squib cable needed to be replaced. the vehicle was in the process of being repaired. the failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 110,000. | |||
| 03/30/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that upon starting the vehicle the air bag light was illuminating on the instrument panel. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed the squib cable needed to be replaced. the vehicle was in the process of being repaired. the failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 110,000. sm. | |||
| 04/26/2011 | 83000 | ||
| At 83,000 miles my air bag light came on and i was quite concerned. while looking in the owens manual all i found was | |||
| 10/01/2010 | 127000 | ||
| Srs light is on at all times when vehicle is on. there was no cause, it simply came on. it does not seem to effect the vehicle, however, i am greatly concerned that my vehicles safety features are faulty and may not protect me in the event of a vehicle accident. i have done nothing to correct the issue other than research online and communicate with other owners of the same vehicle. there are many other instances of this problem and i feel there needs to be a safety recall by toyota. | |||
| 06/03/2008 | 34699 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that while being parked and turning on the vehicle the airbag light illuminated. the dealer was informed about the failure and they repaired it under warranty. the contact stated that now the airbag light has illuminated once again and the dealer was informed. the dealer stated that the cable sub assembly needs to be replaced once again. the vehicle was repaired . the failure mileage was 34699 and the current mileage was 65910.cv | |||
| 08/20/2010 | 32800 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. while driving approximately 40 mph the air bags involuntarily deployed, knocking the driver unconscious and resulting in a single car crash. the police appeared on the scene and the driver was reported injured. the ambulance also appeared on the scene but the driver was not taken to a hospital. the vehicle was destroyed and towed to an impound lot. the vehicle was not examined for the cause of failure and was not repaired. the failure and current mileages were 32,800. sm. | |||
| 07/01/2010 | 114690 | ||
| 2nd time a gas peddlel stuck on my 2005 toyota tacoma truck leading to a 2nd collision with property damage to my truck & the car in front of me. coming up to a red light with plenty of room to stop on a flat rd. there where skid marks from my truck and i had both feet on the brake and the engine increased inspeed. the dealer still doeas not have the parts to repair this problem even after my first accident in june of last year and again in july of this year. toyota said they would turn it over to there legal dept. and the truck was to be inspected by a engineering firm from the west. the inspection firm was in a hurry to inspect the truck and called in july now they won't return my calls. this firm was hired by toyota. also during the repair it was found that the air bag had shorted out and di not deploy. if you have one of toyota's trucks on the recall list be very careful and don't expect any help from the dealer or toyota fixing the problem. as i said it is the 2nd time for both items to fail. | |||
| 06/07/2010 | 89 | ||
| 2005 toyota tacoma lunges or surges while holding the brake at light.if i dont hold the brake firm it could rear end vehicle in front of me. dealer says its normal.and charged me to inspect .airbag light came on dealer told me it was a part in the airbag and wanted 612.00 to replace stating that it may go off while driving.causing a crash .shouldnt a part this criticle be covered for life of truck? | |||
| 02/22/2010 | 73105 | 1 | |
| On february 22 at approximately 5:30 a.m. pst, i noticed my airbag light come on and stay on. i called the dealer in santee ca., and asked what this was being the manual in my truck said to contact dealer immediately. i was informed that it meant that the airbags would not deploy if i was to be in a wreck. i brought the truck in on the 23rdbefore work about 5:15 a.m. pst. later about 8:00 a.m., i got a call saying the wire harness had a short and needed to be replaced before i can get it back due to it being a safety issue. when i went to pick it up with my spouse, we were told this was by no fault by us , but they have changed hundreds due to a short in the harness itself which is located on the steering column. the part was replaced by said dealer, but the old part was not available to me. *tr | |||
| 01/03/2009 | 86000 | 1 | |
| My 05 tacoma,dash light went on. i took it to the dealer and they oh yea, that's been a big problem with those models. turned out it was the air bag warning light, after 85,000 it came on. it cost me $800.00 dollars to fix, they said it was a 5 hour job, but it only took 2 hours but charged me the $800.00 anyway.the part is called the spiral cable, and it attaches to the air bag, they said they had to pull my whole dash apart to fix. i later asked them if this is a common problem,then why hasn't it been recalled? service said , must not been that important ! i have logged many complaints about this , but never heard a word back from anyone. if i chose to not have it fixed, what would of happened if i had been in a head on crash with no airbags to deploy, that's why i purchased the tacoma, for it's apparent safety. *tr | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 95000 | 1 | |
| I had an accident last august while driving my toyota tacoma prerunner. i was slowing down in a turn lane and i could not get the truck to stop which made me continue into oncoming traffic. the damage to my truck was over $8,000. and i do not know the dollar amount cased to the other car but it sustained major to the front of that car. the other car hit me on the driver side near the front wheel and back wheel areas. i did not receive a ticket but i was noted as the cause of the accident. i also ended up in the emergency room . no air bags went off i guess because it did not hit me in the front. i am not sure of the exact day of the accident so i put the 15th of the month. i can get the exact from my insurance company when needed. *tr | |||
| 09/29/2007 | 67800 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. while driving approximately 35 mph on normal road conditions, the air bag warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. the indicator remained lit until the engine was turned off. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they stated that the failure was related to a shortage in the spiral cable for the air bag system. the vehicle was not repaired. the contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. the failure mileage was 67,800 and current mileage was 68,500. | |||
| 10/31/2007 | 70600 | 1 | 05/01/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. while driving 25 mph, the air bag indicator light illuminated and remained lit. the contact referenced nhtsa campaign id number 06v096000 (air bags). the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the air bag switch needed to be replaced. the dealer also stated that the air bag could deploy at anytime if a crash occurred or for no reason at all. there was also the possibility that the air bags would not deploy at all. the vehicle had not been repaired. the current mileage was 71,000 and failure mileage was 70,600. updated 3/25/08 *cn | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 01/01/2013 | 1 | ||
| 2005 toyota tacoma. consumer writes in regards to safety recall notice. *tgw the consumer stated he took the vehicle to the dealer, where they found three other things wrong with the vehicle, which did not pertain to the recall. | |||
| 02/15/2011 | 73000 | ||
| My airbag warning light stays on after i start my 2005 toyota tacoma access cab. my truck has approximately 73 000 miles on it. i took it to the local toyota dealer and for close to $100 they told me it was indicating spriral cable failure. this means the airbag will not deploy in the event of an accident (i am not sure if it means the airbag will deploy when not in an accident). the quote before taxes was over $600. i am very concerned since there was no reason for this to occur (no accident, not even bumped or tapped). they can replace it with a 1-year warranty (but since there was no concrete reason for it to happen who's to say it won't happen again in 1 1/2 years!). the service technician commented that they had seen this before. i strongly believe that this is a manufacturing problem and since it is also a safety issue think toyota should put a recall out for these trucks. | |||
| 01/03/2009 | 86000 | 1 | |
| My 05 tacoma,dash light went on. i took it to the dealer and they oh yea, that's been a big problem with those models. turned out it was the air bag warning light, after 85,000 it came on. it cost me $800.00 dollars to fix, they said it was a 5 hour job, but it only took 2 hours but charged me the $800.00 anyway.the part is called the spiral cable, and it attaches to the air bag, they said they had to pull my whole dash apart to fix. i later asked them if this is a common problem,then why hasn't it been recalled? service said , must not been that important ! i have logged many complaints about this , but never heard a word back from anyone. if i chose to not have it fixed, what would of happened if i had been in a head on crash with no airbags to deploy, that's why i purchased the tacoma, for it's apparent safety. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2009 | 58000 | 1 | |
| Airbag indicator light will not go off regardless of fixes on my 2005 toyota tacoma. *tr | |||
| 02/22/2009 | 81000 | 1 | |
| Air bag light stays on. taken to dealership to have checked out and it was a defective spiral cable. 81,000 miles and 787.00 repair bill not under a warrenty. i had to pay and then the service tech tells me this has been a very common problem with tacomas lately. *tr | |||
| 02/20/2009 | 78368 | 1 | |
| Warning light for airbag system came on. manual said to take to dealership immediately. they ran a check and found that the spiral cable assembly needed to be replaced. (b1801) i had to pay out of pocket $798.44 to have it fixed. this to me, sounds like a manufacturer defect, and not something that is caused by wear and tear from the owner. i asked the service tech if this is common and he said, oh ya, this is very common. my response was then why isn't this a recall part. *tr | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 08/16/2005 | 3400 | 1 | 04/25/2005 |
| Noted pain in back while driving. after repeated close inspection of driver's seat, noted very slight protrusion in seat back. took to miller toyota in manassas, va and service agent has reported that a spring had come loose and that it had also cut the wire to the side air bag, which made the air bag inoperative. there was no indication that the air bags were not functioning properly. *ak | |||