NHTSA campaign 09V031000 · Toyota campaign 90C

Toyota Recall 09V-031: SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOUND INSULATOR

NHTSA recall 09V031000 (Toyota campaign 90C) was reported by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. on January 29, 2009, with 134,895 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Toyota Yaris for model years 2006–2007. Owners were notified on January 28, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V031000 (also written 09V-031 or 09V031)
Filed by: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Toyota campaign number: 90C
Report received: January 29, 2009
Potentially affected: 134,895 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Seat Belts — Front — Retractor
Owners notified: January 28, 2009

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V031000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Toyota

Toyota Yaris
- 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built August 22, 2005 – April 6, 2007 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V031000.

Defect description

TOYOTA IS RECALLING 134,895 MY 2006-2007 YARIS VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO BE ACTIVATED IN RESPONSE TO A SEVERE FRONTAL IMPACT. WHEN THE SENSOR DETECTS A SEVERE FRONTAL IMPACT, THE FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE QUICKLY DRAWN BACK BY THE RETRACTORS SO THAT THE BELTS SNUGLY RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANTS. THE INVOLVED VEHICLES CONTAIN A CENTER PILLAR SOUND INSULATOR LOCATED UNDERNEATH EACH FRONT SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER.

Safety consequence

IN THE EVENT OF SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DEPLOYMENT, THE GAS GENERATED MAY AFFECT THE SOUND INSULATORS. IN THE WORST CASE, IF THE SOUND INSULATORS IGNITE, THIS CONDITION WILL RESULT IN A POST-COLLISION FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE MODIFICATION WILL ENTAIL REMOVAL OF THE SMALL URETHANE CENTER PILLAR SOUND INSULATORS (SPONGE) UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 28, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-888-270-9371.

Notes

TOYOTA RECALL NO. 90C.CUSTOMERS MAY 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V031000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.