2007 TOYOTA YARIS H/B Air Bags Problems

"TAKATA RECALL" THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AT 30 MPH AND PUSHED INTO CAR IN FRONT. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE AND TWISTED AND THE HEADREST DISLODGE AND FLEW OUT OF THE SEAT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN TRAFFIC WHEN REAR-ENDED BY CAR MOVING 30 MPH. THIS ON A CITY STREET. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SEAT DID NOT STAY IN PLACE. THE HEADREST DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS HEAD.

Mileage: 134,000

TAKATA RECALL, AIRBAG INFLATORS, POWER WINDOW MASTER SWITCH, SEAT RAIL MY TOYOTA YARIS 2007 HAS THREE UNCOMPLETED SAFETY RECALLS. ONE OF THEM IS RELATED TO THE AIRBAG INFLATORS, WHICH ARE "DEFECTIVE AND COULD RUPTURE, CREATING A RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH." I CONTACTED "BILL KIDDS TOYOTA VOLVO CARS" SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO REMEDY THE SAFETY RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE, BUT NOONE RESPONDED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME YET.

TAMARA RECALL IN 2015 I WAS SOLD A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS HATCHBACK. AUGUST 10, 2017 I WAS NOTIFIED OF A POSSIBLY DEADLY DEFECT IN THE CAR THAT TOYOTA HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE MY CAR WAS SOLD TO ME. THE FACT THE AUTO MANUFACTURER CHOSE TO PUT MY FAMILY'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY, AND IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF OTHERS, INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY NOTIFYING EVERY COMSUMER, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO EAT THE COST OF OF THE MASSIVE RECALL, IS UNACCEPTABLY IMMORAL BEHAVIOR. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I WILL NO LONGER BE PURCHASING A CAR FROM THESE COMPANIES, AND I WILL SEEK A FULL REFUND ON THE PRICE I PAID FOR THE CAR, AND WILL SHOP ELSEWHERE. THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND CONTINUED TO MAKE AND SELL THEM. THE SAFETY OF THE CONSUMER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN COMPANY PROFITS.

GOT NEWSLETTER FROM TOYOTA 6/9/2016 ABOUT RECALL ON AIR BAGS TAKATA FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR ZONES A AND B - PARTS WERE NEVER DONE...FIRST I WAS TOLD PART WAS NOT IN, THAT I WOULD CALLED, NEVER HAPPEN....... PLEASE UPDATE ON THIS....

TAKATA RECALL - AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INJURING DRIVER, THE VEHICLE WAS IN TURNING

Mileage: 113,000

TAKATA RECALL AIR BAGS LIGHTS ALL THE TIME ON

TAKATA RECALL RECEIVED WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM CORPORATE TOYOTA TO UNDERGO A ZONE A TAKATA RECALL REPAIR. MY LOCAL SERVICE DEALERSHIP - DUNNING TOYOTA IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN (734-997-7600) AT A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL BECAUSE THEY RESIDE IN ZONE C OF THE RECALL, DESPITE HAVING WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION, IT BEING AN URGENT SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE BEING CONFIRMED LOCAL AVAILABILITY OF THE AIRBAG REPLACEMENT PART. SERVICE MANAGER ([XXX]) AND GENERAL MANAGER ([XXX]) FAIL TO RETURN REPEATED PHONE CALLS TO ADDRESS ISSUE. SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH CORPORATE TOYOTA REVEALED DUNNING TOYOTA OF ANN ARBOR FRAUDULENTLY REPORTED IN THE NATIONAL TOYOTA SYSTEM THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIR, WHICH PREVENTS ME FROM GOING TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 67,987

IT HAS BEEN OVER SIX MONTHS SINCE I WAS NOTIFIED THAT MY FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG COMPONENT NEEDS REPAIRED/REPLACED (THIS IS DUE TO THE TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATORS). IN THE MEANTIME, NOBODY IS ABLE TO SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS IS A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SMALLER SIZE OF THE MODEL OF THE CAR - LOSING ONE PASSENGER SEAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR AN ADULT WHO WOULD NORMALLY SIT THERE INSTEAD OF THE BACK! WE HAVE HAD TO ADJUST HOW OUR FAMILY TRAVELS FOR OVER SIX MONTHS. I FEEL THAT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY OR WE SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A COMPARABLE, *FULLY USABLE* VEHICLE IN THE MEANTIME.

Mileage: 80,000

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR WHEN I CAN BRING IN MY CAR TO BE FIXED. I GOT THE NOTICE IN MARCH, & CHECK THIS SITE, PLUS THE TOYOTA RECALL SITE FOR UPDATES. I FIND IT CONCERNING THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY NOTICE STILL TO GET MY CAR FIXED FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN SEVEN MONTHS, AND THAT IS FAR TOO LONG FOR AN ISSUE WITH AIRBAGS TO BE UNFIXED. AS FAR AS I HAVE SEEN, MY VEHICLE'S FIX IS NOT READY AT THIS TIME.

Mileage: 35,000

"TAKATA RECALL" - I LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS WHICH IS DESIGNATED CLIMATE ZONE 2A HUMID. IT HAS BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE TOYOTA SENT ME A LETTER INFORMING ME OF A RECALL OF MY CAR DUE TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. IN THE LETTER, IT STATED THAT IN A HOT, HUMID CLIMATE SUCH AS OURS, THE TAKATA AIRBAG WOULD BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DETERIORATING ABOUT SIX YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE AND BE TOTALLY DETERIORATED BY NINE YEARS. I DIDN'T GET THE LETTER UNTIL NINE YEARS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. IT'S LIKE TOYOTA SAYING, "GUESS WHAT, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IN YOUR CAR IS LIKELY TOTALLY DETERIORATED NOW, SO WE RECOMMEND YOUR NOT CARRYING ANY PASSENGERS UNTIL WE GET AROUND TO REPLACING YOUR AIR BAG." I'VE BEEN DRIVING MY WIFE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AROUND QUITE OFTEN SINCE WE'VE BOUGHT THE YARIS, AND NOW I'M JUST FINDING OUT IT WAS DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO BE RIDING AS A PASSENGER FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY NOW. I'M ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED THAT IT TOOK TOYOTA SO LONG TO INFORM ME OF THIS PROBLEM AND ESPECIALLY MORE SO WHEN I THINK I WAS GAMBLING WITH MY FAMILY'S SAFETY EVERY TIME WE WERE USING THE PASSENGER SEAT. I WANT TO GET MY AIR BAG REPLACED NOW OR FIND OUT HOW I CAN DISABLE THE AIR BAG. I WILL ALSO ACCEPT GETTING A SIMILAR MODEL LOANER CAR WITH PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS NO OLDER THAN TWO YEARS OLD. THE DATE INDICATED IN THE FORM BELOW IS THE DATE OF THIS PARTICULAR RECALL BEING ISSUED.

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING TO MY MOTHERS OFF OF 700 E IN SALT LAKE CITY, DURING TRAFFIC. ALL 3 LANES STOPPED TO LET ME PASS AND AS I WAS TURNING LEFT ANOTHER CAR WAS DRIVING IN THE BIKE LANE AT 45MPH AND WITH OUT TOUCHING THEIR BRAKES SLAMMED INTO MY CAR THROWING ME A FEW FEET. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR I NOTICED MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I REMEMBER THERE BEING A RECALL ON THEM AND LARRY H MILLER DID NO HAVE THE PARTS THEY NEEDED SO THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IF THAT OTHER DRIVE WAS GOING 4-5 MPH FASTER MY SON AND I COULD BE DEAD DO TO NO AIRBAGS. IT JUST WORRIED ME FOR THEM NOT DEPLOYING WHEN THE OTHER DRIVERS THEIR AIRBAGS DEPLOYED JUST FINE.

Mileage: 173,972

AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT A LOW SPEED IMPACT. GOING 20 TO 30 MPH, THE AIRBAG EXPLODED UNEVENLY MOSTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SHOULDER HURT FOR MONTHS AFTERWARDS

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS H/B. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V168000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

LAST FALL, MY YARIS' AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE SPIRAL CABLE, LEADING TO THE AIR BAG. I ASKED WHY IT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY DID NOT KNOW. THE REPAIR WAS AROUND $600. TODAY, I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL FOR AIR BAG LIGHTS COMING ON IN THE YARIS AND I CALLED THE CORPORATE TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL DOES NOT COVER MY CAR BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE A "7 CHANNEL SPIRAL CABLE," EVEN THOUGH THE REPAIR TO MY CAR WAS FOR THE SPIRAL CHANNEL. I AM CONCERNED THAT NOT ALL YARIS' ARE BEING INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT MY CAR IS NOT SAFE. (AS OF NOW, THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE A FIX FOR THE 7-CHANNEL SPIRAL CHANNEL RECALL.) *TR

Mileage: 180,000

THE SRS AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STARTED LIGHTING UP PERIODICALLY AND THEN EVENTUALLY STAYED ON. RAN AN OBD TEST THAT SHOWED THE CLOCK SPRING WAS SHORTED. THIS IS LOCATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL BEHIND THE AIRBAG. HAVE SEEN MANY ONLINE COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE AND FEEL A RECALL IS IN ORDER. THIS IS NOT A CHEAP DEALER REPAIR (MORE THAN $500) AND CAN BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF THE AIRBAGS DO NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE URGENTLY LOOKED INTO BEFORE LIFE OR LIMB IS LOST, IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. *TR

Mileage: 98,500

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BLINKED ON THE WENT OUT. NOW IT IS ON ALL THE TIME. TOYOTA DEALER SAYS IT IS A CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT HAS GONE BAD. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS ONLINE BUT THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY JUST SAY THE AIRBAGS JUST WON'T GO OFF IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 98,500

THE AIRBAG SENSOR CAME ON. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP RAN A $130 DIAGNOSTIC THAT TOLD ME THE SPIRAL CABLE FOR THE AIRBAG SENSOR IS WORN OUT, BROKEN, OR FAULTY AND THAT IT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $500 TO FIX IT. THEY SAID NO AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE WOULD OPERATE AS THEY SHOULD WHILST THAT LIGHT IS ON AND I'D NEED TO FIX IT ASAP. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS CURRENTLY AND NOW I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE! HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS EITHER THE TACOMA OR TUNDRA THAT HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS A RECALL, BUT THAT THE YARIS WASN'T POPULAR ENOUGH TO HAVE ENOUGH ON THE ROAD TO CAUSE A RECALL, WHICH I THINK IS RIDICULOUS. THIS NEEDS TO BE EITHER A RECALL OR COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP GOT DIAGNOSTIC AND IT IS THE AIR BAG COIL SPRING, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAGS MOST LIKELY WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. COST TO REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $500, NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. TOYOTA SHOULD REPAIR FOR FREE, SHOULD NOT BE A PART THAT WEARS OUT. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. PER MANUAL TOOK TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS ($97). DIAGNOSED FAULTY SPIRAL CABLE WHICH WILL KEEP DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AIRBAG FROM DEPLOYING AND MAY TURN OFF ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM. COST TO REPLACE CABLE QUOTED AS $453. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

WE HAVE 25 2007 TOYOTA YARIS'S, 14 OF 25 THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. THE LIGHT COMES ON AT APPROX 120,000 BECAUSE OF A SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN, TOYOTA DECLINES TO REPAIR IT, AND WILL NOT GIVE US A STRAIGHT ANSWER WHETHER IT WILL KEEP THE SAFETY DEVICE (AIR BAG) FROM DEPLOYING EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *TT

Mileage: 100,000