Toyota initiates recall for multiple vehicle models due to faulty airbags

Toyota airbags recall overview: 

• Who: Toyota recalled more than 110,000 Corolla, Highlander, Tacoma and Lexus vehicles.
• Why: The airbag can deactivate, resulting in lack of deployment during a crash.
• Where: The Toyota airbags recall is active in the United States.
• What are my options: CarShield provides vehicle protection plans for Toyota and other vehicles.

Toyota recalled more than 110,000 Corolla, Highlander, Tacoma and Lexus vehicles as the airbags in the recalled vehicles candeactivate, preventing them from deploying in the event of a crash.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website published the recall July 12. It applies to a potential 110,047 vehicles. The recall includes certain 2023 Corolla, Corolla Cross, Corolla Cross Hybrid, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Tacoma, Lexus RX350, RX350 Hybrid, RX500 Hybrid, 2023-2024 Lexus NX250, NX350 and NX350 Hybrid vehicles.  

According to the Toyota airbags recall, an electrical connection inside the steering column’s spiral cable assembly in the vehicles may be insufficiently welded, causing the connection to separate and deactivate the driver’s airbag. 

“A deactivated driver’s airbag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury during a crash,” the recall states.

The company is not facing legal action over the recall, but Top Class Actions follows recalls closely as they sometimes end in class action lawsuits.

Parts to be replaced for free, Toyota airbags recall states

Toyota will notify all known owners of the involved vehicles and ask them to return their vehicles to a Toyota or Lexus dealer, the recall states. Dealers will inspect the spiral cable assembly production date and replace the part if necessary at no cost to owners. 

The automaker expects to mail owner notification letters Aug. 27, 2023. 

Toyota is no stranger to recalls and lawsuits. In April, a consumer hit the automaker with a class action lawsuit alleging it manufactured and sold model year 2019-2021 Toyota RAV4 vehicles equipped with defective roof rails that can ultimately render them inoperable.

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