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Lexus air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash.

NHTSA campaign 18V-085 · Reported January 31, 2018 · 48,672 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Lexus NX, RX and Prius
VEHICLES AFFECTED
48,672
REMEDY
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensors as necessary based on their serial numbers, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported a problem with the air bags side/window. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the air bags fail to deploy in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.

WHAT TO DO

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensors as necessary based on their serial numbers, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 18V-085.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2015–2016Lexus NX
2016Lexus RX
2016Toyota Prius

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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