2000 TOYOTA TACOMA Air Bags Problems

TAKATA RECALL HAD RECEIVED RECALL LETTER BUT LOST NOW THEY SAY THERE'S NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE?

Mileage: 217,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SWERVED TO PREVENT HITTING A DEER BUT VEERED OFF ROAD AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER 5 TIMES. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INTERNAL BLEEDING AND A CRUSHED RIGHT ARM AND KNEE. THE CONTACT ALSO SUSTAINED AND A BROKEN LEFT ARM ,LEG, AND ANKLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

Mileage: 83,000

HIT A BUMP AND VEHICLE LOST SUSPENSION CONTROL. HIT DITCH AND FLIPPED. AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

YESTERDAY NIGHT I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 2000 TOYOTA TACOMA.... A MAN FAILED TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN AND CROSSED THE INTERSECTION WHERE I WAS DRIVING ON AND HAD THE RIGHT AWAY. I WAS GOING 45 AT THE TIME AND WHEN I SAW HIM PULL OUT I SLAMMED MY BRAKES AND IT WAS TOO LATE. I T BONED HIM...MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO WHIP LASH FORWARD(YES, I WAS WEARING A SEAT-BELT). WHEN I WHIP LASHED FORWARD MY FACE HIT THE WHEEL AND I BIT INTO MY OWN LIP , MY PINKY FINGER ALSO HIT THE WHEEL CAUSING IT TO SWELL UP. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THE POLICE OFFICER AND INSURANCE COMPANY WAS THAT MY AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED !! THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT NEVER WENT OFF. *TR

MY 2000 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MY DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DETONATE. THE SPEED OF MY VEHICLE AT IMPACT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS BETWEEN 55-60 MPH. FORTUNATELY, I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

RESTRAINED DRIVER OF A 2000 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD. THE DRIVER SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL IN THE ROADWAY, LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A TREE. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DRIVER HIT THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TACOMA WAS TRAVELING AT 35-40MPH. RESTRAINED DRIVER. COLLISION TO RIGHT FRONT PORTION OF THE VEHICLE. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

DT: WITHOUT WARNING AND AT ANYTIME THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF, AND THE HORN BLOWS OUT ON ITS OWN. HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BECAUSE OF THE HORN. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD CHARGE THE CALLER FOR LOOKING FOR THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. AFTER I WARMED THE TRUCK UP & STUT IT OFF,UPON RESTART EVERY THING WAS NORMAL. HAD DIAGNOSTICS DONE AT WESTBORO TOYOTA& FOUND FAULTY AIR BAG SENSOR. CHARGED ME 85.00$.DEALER WANTED 425.00$ TO FIXSENSOR & I REFUSED.I CALLED TOYOTA & THEY REFERCENED ME BACK TO WESTBORO TOYOTA. I TALKED TO RICK TONNILLI AT THE DEALER.HE WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING & TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER.I WAS CALLED BACK IN A FEW DAYS WITH TOYOTA PICKING UP THE COST OF THE PART & I PICKING UP ONE HOUR OF LABOR@ 85.00$.I AGREED TO THIS JUST TO THE PROBLEM FIXED.WESTBORO TOYOTA HAS BEEN VERY EXCELLENT & COOPERATIVE & I HAVE NO COMPLANTS FROM THEM. MY QUSTION IS THAT WITH THE LIGHT ON THE AIR BAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS WOULD TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM? *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED, CAUSING A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Mileage: 64,000

2000 TOYOTA TACOMA, CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF OF MY DAD. HIT DODGE SUV AT 45 MPH, NO TIME TO BRAKE, TRUCK WAS TOTALED, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DADS SHOULDER INJURED ALSO ONE PASSENGER OF SUV.*AK

Mileage: 21,000

FRONT COLLISION AT UNKNOWN SPEED, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS TURNED OFF. DRIVER HIT HER HEAD ON WINDSHIELD, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN RED LIGHT AND RAN INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK THE CLUTCH FAILED PREMATURELY. THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION. THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*YH

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS AT A STOP LIGHT HEAD-ON, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT 35 MPH AND SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY AFTER SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS STILL ABLE TO BE THROWN FORWARD, AND HIT HIS SHOULDERS AND CHEST. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *YD

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG RATTLES HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS SEVERAL TIMES AND IT CONTINUES TO RATTLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH CAR IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE. FRONT OF VEHICLE WAS PUSHED IN APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 INCHES, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT IMPACT DIDN'T TOUCH AIRBAG SENSOR. CONSUMER FELT SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD AN OFFSET HEAD ON COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 25-30 MPH WITH A TELEPHONE POLE, NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. *MJS

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.*AK

A CRASH OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE MY VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS TRAVELLING AT APPROX 50 MPH AND WHEN WE HIT IT CAUSED THE OTHER VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER ONTO IT'S TOP. NEITHER FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ANYTIME DURING THE ACCIDENT.*AK

IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 40 MPH THAT DAMAGED FRAME,AND CAUSED FRONT END TO BE REPLACED, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON HIGHWAY AND THERE WERE SOME RESIDUE ON STREET. VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING, SKIDDED, AND WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. PASSENGER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND AT 45MPH AN AUTO PULLED INTO TRAFFIC DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO BRAKE, AND STRUCK VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AT 45. IMPACT SPUN BOTH VEHICLES INTO THE CENTER LANE. TRUCK FRONT TIRES WERE MOVED BACK INTO THE FIREWALL,AND TENTIRE FRONT END MUST BE REPLACED. TRUCK FRAME WAS DAMAGED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FRAME MUST BE REPLACED. TTHE DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND WAS NOTED BY THE POLICE, AND RESCUE STAFF. DRIVER OF THE AUTOMOBILE WAS PINNED INSIDE, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE THREE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE. YESTERDAY I AGAIN CONTACTED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AT A DEALERSHIP. I WANT TO KNOW WHY A VEHICLE THAT SUSTAINED THIS KIND OF FRONT END DAMAGE DID NOT HAVE AIRBAGS THAT DEPLOYED. THANK YOU. *AK

FRONTAL IMPACT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY