NHTSA campaign 18V025000 · manufacturer recall G0R, H0A, J0A

2003–2012 Pontiac and Toyota: air bags recall

Q: Is G0R, H0A, J0A the same recall as 18V025000?

Yes. G0R, H0A, J0A is the number Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing uses for this campaign in its own paperwork and in the letter it sends owners. 18V025000 is the number NHTSA files it under. One recall, two references — dealers and service departments generally quote the manufacturer's.

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

high 116,126 vehicles affected 83% reported repaired

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What was reported

Source: manufacturer filing, 49 CFR Part 573

Problem On January 9, 2018, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified NHTSA that they are recalling 14,585 model year 2010-2012 Yaris vehicles ever registered in the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. As of January 30, 2018, Toyota is additionally recalling 3,347 model year 2010 Pontiac Vibe vehicles located in states listed above. Also included in this recall filing is 98,194 model year 2003-2008 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles, located throughout the U.S., that previously received a like-for-like interim air bag inflator replacement. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling. Risk An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death. Fix Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assemblies with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began on January 29, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are G0R (Zone B), and H0A (Zone C), J0A (Matrix Zone A), J0A (Matrix Zone A), J0A (Matrix Zone A).

Reported to NHTSA Jan 9, 2018 by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, owners notified Jan 29, 2018.

Which vehicles are covered

Source: NHTSA campaign 18V025000

Vehicles built Jan 6, 2002 to Dec 13, 2007 — a VIN outside that window is not part of this campaign even if the year, make and model match.

Model year	On WhichTrim
2010 Pontiac Vibe	—
2003 Toyota Corolla Matrix	every Toyota on this site
2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix	every Toyota on this site
2005 Toyota Corolla Matrix	every Toyota on this site
2006 Toyota Corolla Matrix	every Toyota on this site
2007 Toyota Corolla Matrix	every Toyota on this site
2008 Toyota Corolla Matrix	every Toyota on this site
2010 Toyota Yaris	every Toyota on this site
2011 Toyota Yaris	every Toyota on this site
2012 Toyota Yaris	every Toyota on this site

None of the vehicles this campaign names has a page on WhichTrim: every model year it names is older than the catalogue, which begins at 2016. The campaign record above is complete as filed, and whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by its VIN. Other campaigns on vehicles without a page here →

How much of it has been fixed

Source: manufacturer quarterly report, 49 CFR 573.7

Reported repaired 83%

of the campaign

The final figure: the six quarters of reporting that 49 cfr 573.7 requires have closed.

This is the manufacturer's own cumulative count of vehicles it has inspected and repaired, divided by the vehicles the campaign covers. It files that count with NHTSA every quarter for six consecutive quarters, starting from the quarter in which owners were told a remedy was ready, and then the obligation ends — so a figure on an older campaign is where the count stopped, not where it stands today.

It rarely reaches 100%, and not because the work was not done. The same report asks manufacturers to count vehicles they could not reach at all — exported, stolen, scrapped, or simply never located — and those stay in the denominator. A low number means a lot of these vehicles are still out there unrepaired; it does not tell you which ones.

The federal paperwork

Source: nhtsa.gov

Filed documents

Defect report PDF — The manufacturer's own filing to NHTSA describing the defect, the risk and the affected build range.
Owner letter PDF — The letter mailed to registered owners, in full.
Remedy instructions PDF — What the dealer is told to actually do about it.

Check one specific vehicle

A recall applies to a build range, so year, make and model cannot settle it. NHTSA checks a VIN against the manufacturer's own list and tells you whether the repair is still outstanding on that vehicle.

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Campaign 18V025000 · the manufacturer calls it G0R, H0A, J0A

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR Part 573

Is G0R, H0A, J0A the same recall as 18V025000?

Yes. G0R, H0A, J0A is the number Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing uses for this campaign in its own paperwork and in the letter it sends owners. 18V025000 is the number NHTSA files it under. One recall, two references — dealers and service departments generally quote the manufacturer's.

Does this recall repair cost anything?

No. Federal law requires the manufacturer to remedy a safety defect or a compliance failure at no charge, for vehicles up to 15 years old measured from the date of first sale. A dealer that asks you to pay for a recall repair is in the wrong.

How do I know whether my vehicle is included?

By VIN, not by model year. This campaign covers vehicles built Jan 6, 2002 to Dec 13, 2007. The manufacturer files a build range with NHTSA and only vehicles inside it are covered, so two identical-looking cars from the same year can differ. NHTSA's own lookup checks a VIN against the manufacturer's list.

What if the repair is not available yet?

It happens, and often. Manufacturers must notify owners when a defect is found even if the parts or the software are not ready, then notify them a second time once the remedy exists. The remedy filed for this campaign is described above.

What did the manufacturer say was wrong?

The problem, risk and fix quoted on this page are the manufacturer's own words as filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR Part 573. WhichTrim does not paraphrase them.

Who started this recall?

NHTSA's record credits NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. A recall can begin with the manufacturer's own testing, with a defect investigation, or with a compliance test against a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.