Lexus Es350, Lexus Gx460, Lexus Is 250, Lexus Is 250c, Lexus Is 350, Lexus Is 350c, model years 2006 to 2011. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 23 May 2016. 1,754,517 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2009-2011 Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2006-2011 Toyota Yaris, Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350, 2010-2011 Toyota 4Runner, Lexus IS250C, Lexus IS350C and Lexus GX460, 2011 Sienna, 2007-2011 Lexus …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V340 cover?
- Lexus Es350, Lexus GX460, Lexus Is 250, Lexus Is 250C, Lexus Is 350, Lexus Is 350C, Lexus Is F, Pontiac Vibe, model years 2006-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Scion xB and Lexus IS F, 2009-2011 Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2006-2011 Toyota Yaris, Lexus IS250 and Lexus IS350, 2010-2011 Toyota 4Runner, Lexus IS250C, Lexus IS350C and Lexus GX460, 2011 Sienna,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will contact the Pontiac owners. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator or the air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on December 6, 2016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V340 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 May 2016 |
| Model years | 2006-2011 |
| Vehicles named | LEXUS ES350, LEXUS GX460, LEXUS IS 250, LEXUS IS 250C, LEXUS IS 350, LEXUS IS 350C, LEXUS IS F, PONTIAC VIBE, SCION XB, TOYOTA 4RUNNER, TOYOTA COROLLA, TOYOTA MATRIX, TOYOTA SIENNA, TOYOTA YARIS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will contact the Pontiac owners. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator or the air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on December 6, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for interim notification for this campaign are G1P (Toyota Zone A), G1R (Toyota Zone B), G2G (Lexus Zone A), and G2H (Lexus Zone B). Toyota's numbers for final remedy for this campaign are G0P (Toyota Zone A), G0R (Toyota Zone B), GLG (Lexus Zone A), and GLH (Lexus Zone B).
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Lexus Es350 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Lexus GX460 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Lexus Is 250 recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Lexus Is 250c recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Lexus Is 350 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Lexus Is 350c recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Lexus Is F recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Pontiac Vibe recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Scion XB recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Toyota 4runner recalls: 35 US campaigns
- Toyota Corolla recalls: 31 US campaigns
- Toyota Matrix recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Toyota Sienna recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Toyota Yaris recalls: 20 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V340, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v340/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V340 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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d5c46a8d - Remedy
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