{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Toyota recall 16V672 (G0W): Model Year 2016 Toyota Prius",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v672/",
  "summary": "Recall 16V672 (Toyota): A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury. Toyota's own number: G0W.",
  "excerpt": "Toyota Prius, model year 2016. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 16 September 2016. 7,817 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Prius vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015, to June 14, 2016. An air bag inflator manufacturing error may result in the inadvertent partial inflation of the front passenger air bag. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Toyota's own number for this recall: G0W. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V672 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.” 16V672 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module 16 September 2016 2016-2016 TOYOTA PRIUS A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury. Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T18:39:40+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T11:32:04+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Toyota recall 16V672 (G0W): Model Year 2016 Toyota Prius\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v672/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}