NHTSA campaign 18V883000

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Recall 18V-883: Passenger Frontal Air Bag Inflator May Explode

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 18V883000 was reported by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing on December 12, 2018, with 168,993 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Pontiac Vibe, Lexus SC, Toyota Sequoia and more for model years 2002–2007. Owners were notified on January 23, 2019, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 18V883000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 18V883000 (also written 18V-883 or 18V883)
Filed by: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Report received: December 12, 2018
Potentially affected: 168,993 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Air Bags — Frontal — Passenger Side — Inflator Module
Owners notified: January 23, 2019

Repair completion: 74.53% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated October 21, 2026)

NHTSA cautions against comparing completion rates across recalls or manufacturers. How try.vin reads them.

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 18V883000. 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.

Lexus

Lexus SC
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built January 2, 2001 – December 23, 2004 (per NHTSA)

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Pontiac

Pontiac Vibe
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built January 18, 2002 – June 4, 2007 (per NHTSA)

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Toyota

Toyota Corolla
- 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built December 28, 2001 – December 23, 2004 (per NHTSA)
Toyota Sequoia
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built April 2, 2002 – December 21, 2004 (per NHTSA)
Toyota Tundra
- 2003, 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built August 5, 2002 – December 21, 2004 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 18V883000.

Defect description

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2002-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2005 Toyota Corolla and Tundra, and 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation.

Safety consequence

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Manufacturer remedy

Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will notify the Pontiac Vibe owners. Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, or replace the air bag assembly that includes an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371, Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987 or Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. Toyota's numbers for these recalls are J0A (Zone A Toyota), J0B (Zone B Toyota), J0C (Zone C Toyota), JLI (Zone A Lexus), JLJ (Zone B Lexus), and JLK (Zone C Lexus). Note: This recall includes vehicles that have had their air bag previously replaced under an earlier air bag campaign.

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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 18V883000

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.