| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 11583 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: TOYOTA |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008765000216295000000261 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TACOMA | Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V188000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY | Manufacturer That Filed Report: TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 19 1998 | End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 06 1998 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 84323 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 16 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Toyota Motor Corporation | Report Received Date: Aug, 06 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 17 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: 208 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the statement required in the owner's manual that "...the on-off switch should only ben used when a member of a passenger risk group identified in the request form in appendix b......is occupying the right front passenger seating position..." is mis-stated. this does not comply with the requirements of fmvss 208, "occupant crash protection." | Consequence Summary: If the air bag switch is "off," the seat occupant who is not a member of the passenger risk group would be subject to increased injury in the event of a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Owners will be sent a corrected owner's manual. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began november 16, 1998.owners who do not receive the corrected owner's manual within a reasonable time should contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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