2005 Toyota Camry Air Bags

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH DURING NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS A VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONTACT WHICH PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A GUARD RAIL CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE NECK. REPORT NUMBER 0912100264 WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT INVESTIGATE WHY THE AIR BAGS DIN'T DEPLOYED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN AND THE POLICE REPORT INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

TRUCK TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AND MY CAR T-BONED HIM AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH. I HAVE WHIPLASH AND BACK INJURIES DUE TO BEING SLOSHED AROUND IN THE CAR ALONG WITH A 3 INCH WIDE BRUISE ACROSS MY CHEST AND UNDERARM AREA. *TR

DIRECT FULL FRONTAL IMPACT @ 35-40 MPH INTO JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ME. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY - ENTIRE FRONT END DEMOLISHED (CAR WAS TOTALED). 2 INJURED AND STILL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY. ADVISED BY POLICE OFFICER THAT I PROBABLY "NOSE DIVED DURING BRAKING AND WHEN FRONT OF CAR DIPPED, IMPACT WAS ABOVE SENSORS". HAVE HEARD OF MANY OTHER INSTANCES WHERE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *TR

A FRIEND WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN SHE FELL ASLEEP AND HIT A TREE GOING 50 MPH. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND WE BOTH SUFFERED PHYSICAL PAIN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!! *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS OFF WHEN THE PASSENGER WHO WEIGHS 100 POUNDS SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4900 MILES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TESTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAS THE INVOICE FROM THE DEALER. *AK UPDATED 04/17/07. *JB

SLID INTO SUV IN FRONT OF ME. IT DID ABOUT $4000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN ON 8-9-06. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE HIT A HEAVY METAL GUARD RAIL AT A DEAD END. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 20 MPH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE HOWEVER; SERIOUS HEAD AND NECK INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT: CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOYOTA SAID THAT MEANT THE AIR BAG WAS INACTIVE AND FIXED IT. WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. HE TOOK IT BACK, AND THEY REPLACED THE AIR BAG IN THE STEERING COLUMN BUT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *AK

CONSUMER REQUEST THAT AN AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH BE INSTALLED IN HER 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. *NM THE CONSUMER HAD TO SIT CLOSE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO REACH THE PEDAL COMFORTABLY. THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST. *SC

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. I TRUCK TURNED IN FRONT ON ME. HIS TRUCK HIT MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE(FRONT LIGHT) AL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BACK DOOR. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR SHATTERED THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. IF THE SIDE CURTAIN SIDE AIR BAG WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED THE GLASS WOULD HAVE CUT ME UP AND THE MIRROR WOULD HAVE HIT ME IN THE FACE. *NM

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAD A HOLE INSIDE. IT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE CLEANING THE LEATHER. AFTER THE SERVICE MANAGER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND THEN ANOTHER VEHICLE OF SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, HE DETERMINED THERE WAS A HOLE. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. THE DEALER STATED TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK FOR THE AIR BAG LIGHT. HOWEVER HE WOULD NOT REPAIR THE HOLE.*AK