The subject vehicles are equipped with driver frontal airbag assemblies with single stage inflators. During the manufacturing of the inflator, humidity in the environment may not have been properly controlled.  The propellant wafers may have been exposed to the uncontrolled environment when the assembly line was temporarily stopped, increasing the likelihood for the propellant wafers to absorb moisture from the air.  If sufficient moisture is absorbed, in the event of a collision that results in the deployment of the driver frontal airbag, the inner pressure of the inflator assembly could increase abnormally and the inflator body could rupture.  The ruptured inflator may create metallic projectile fragments that could contact an occupant, increasing the risk of injury.

There are 435 Rav4 vehicles covered by this Special Service Campaign.

ALJ will announce in web site advising owners to make an appointment with his authorized Toyota dealer to replace the driver’s side frontal air bag inflator with an improved one.  The remedy will be performed at NO CHARGE.

No.  There are no warnings that this condition exists.

The repair will take approximately one hour.  However, it may be necessary for the owner to make the vehicle available for a longer period of time depending upon the dealer’s schedule.