Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing – Passenger Air Bag may not Deploy/FMVSS 208

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Toyota Prius V vehicles manufactured November 7, 2013, to January 7, 2015. The occupant classification system (OCS) that activates or deactivates the passenger seat air bag system may be improperly calibrated. As a result, the passenger air bag may not deploy in a vehicle crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, “Occupant Crash Protection.”


Report Received Date 01/16/2015
NHTSA ID 15V013000
Consequence Summary If the air bag does not deploy as intended, there is an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Corrective Action Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will re-calibrate of the OCS system, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
Recall Code NR (Not Reported)
Potentially Affected 4971
Fire Risk When Parked No
Do Not Drive No
Recall Link Go to Recall (https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=15V013000)