Manufacturer profile

TRW Automotive

TRW Automotive has filed 6 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2017, covering 3.84M vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0No campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file62017 to 2019
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "TRW Automotive Inc".

Campaigns per year

TRW Automotive has averaged 0 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2018 peak of 4

TRW Automotive recall campaigns by report date, 2017 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

0123420172018420192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Airbags are TRW Automotive's most recalled component since 2017

TRW Automotive campaigns by primary component, 2017 to 2026.

Airbags
2
Steering
2
Brakes
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

TRW Automotive uses software fixes less than the industry: 0% of its 2018 campaigns

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, TRW Automotive against all manufacturers, by year.

TRW AutomotiveAll manufacturers
010%20%30%201720192021202320260%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Campaigns by model year covered

TRW Automotive campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest TRW Automotive filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest TRW Automotive campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
19E-043Jun 20, 2019These ECUs may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners or causing them to unexpectedly deployAirbags36,971Part replacement
18E-080Aug 9, 2018Locking nut on these outer tie rod assemblies may not lock as designed, allowing the tie rod to separate and cause a loss of steeringSteering2,392Refund or buyback
18E-054Jul 16, 2018TRW Automotive Inc (TRW) has submitted a Defect Information Report based upon decisions made by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Fiat Chrysler…Brakes179,179Inspection
18E-048Jun 26, 2018These ball joints have attachments nuts that are the incorrect size, possibly causing a loss of steering controlSteering310Not stated
18E-043Jun 20, 2018TRW Automotive Inc (TRW) has submitted a Defect Information Report based upon decisions made by Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America to…Airbags3,619,897Not stated
17E-023May 5, 2017These ball joints were built incorrectly with a vented dust shield on the ball joint stud, which could allow contamination to enter the joint,…Suspension6,086Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

TRW Automotive's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2018 TRW Automotive Inc (TRW) has submitted a…3.62M
  2. 2018 TRW Automotive Inc (TRW) has submitted a…0.18M
  3. 2019 These ECUs may malfunction, possibly…0.04M
  4. 2017 These ball joints were built incorrectly…0.01M
  5. 2018 Locking nut on these outer tie rod…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.