About 1 month ago the air bag light started flashing. It is available for inspection. It had not been in an accident. We took it to a local Toyota dealer. There are some middle of the story details, but bottom line is eventually they told me it could not be fixed secondary to inability to obtain a control module. This has been verified by Toyota Customer Service.
2000 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags problems
13 complaints (3% of all complaints for this car). 11 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 13
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- crashes
- 11
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal7
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
Toyota 4RUNNER airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 toyota 4runner. While driving 35 MPH, the contact crashed into the rear of anoher vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The contact was not sure if a police report was filed. The contact sustained two slipped discs in the lower back, a bruised liver, a fractured vertebrae, and three missing teeth. Medical attention was received. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection and the contact was informed that the frame was rusted. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and the contact was informed to have the vehicle towed to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was 98,000.
Takata recall. I was driving approx. 55 miles per hour on highway 138. I hit black ice and drove straight into a tree on the side of the road. The air bags did not deploy. I sustained injuries to my face and head, from smashing into the steering wheel.
I was driving on the freeway doing approx. 60 MPH. The road conditions were wet from previous rainfall. My 2000 toyota 4runner sr5 2wd hydroplaned and caused me to spin out multiple times. I struck the concrete center divider twice and continued to spin and finally slid across all four lanes of the freeway and rested on the right shoulder. While the vehicle did feel like it was trying to rollover, I managed to steer the wheel opposite of where it was pulling and kept it upright. However, during the accident and upon impact (twice) neither one of my airbags deployed. Both myself and my front passenger were injured which may or may not have been caused by the airbags failure to deploy. I placed a call to toyota customer service center and was told that there are not any current recalls on my model.
My wife totaled our 2000 toyota 4 runner, limited. Neither air bag deployed even though there was substantial frontal impact and rollover. The emergency workers were surprised the air bags did not deploy. I have digital pics of the wrecked vehicle if needed.
I was involved in an accident where my vehicle, 2000 toyota 4 runner, sustained damage to the front end. The accident damaged the frame of the vehicle. The vehicle was a total lost per the insurance company (state farm). I was knocked unconscious in the accident. The problem I have is that the air bags never deployed. I have pictures of the vehicle and the frame damage I can e-mail to you.
Consumer's vehicle was traveling at 25 to 30 MPH when another vehicle ran a stop sign while traveling at about 70 MPH. As a result, consumer's vehicle hit the other vehicle and none of the air bags deployed. Consumer's vehicle was totaled.
While driving, consumer encountered several blind curves and a significant downhill grade, as consumer came around the curve the passenger side front and rear tires left the pavement on the right shoulder, in attempting to re-enter the roadway, consumer seemed to have overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle which then crossed over the center line and left the pavement on the left side of the road, the vehicle hit 2 sets of bank trees and then rotated another 90 degrees, and made its third and final impact on the rear tailgate, the truck then slid to rest down a slight enbankment, facing nose forward toward the road, consumer suffered severe injuries and consequently died, consumers daughter believes that the crash was severe enough to warrant airbag deployment.(daughter on behalf of deceased jeanne m. Johnson)
I was driving on the highway at about 45 to 50 miles per hour speed on a slightly wet road. All of the sudden, the vehicle started to skidded out of control and hit the highway divider wall(guardrail) on the right front of the driver side and rolled over and spinned 50 feet away before the vehicle stopped. Dual air bags did not deploy.
Front crash at 30-35 MPH, neither airbag deployed.
Questions about the 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags
Does the 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 13 complaints about the airbags of the 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER, 3% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Toyota 4RUNNER have bad airbags?
The Toyota 4RUNNER model years with the most airbags complaints are 2011 (112 complaints), 2010 (92 complaints) and 2012 (70 complaints).
Other 2000 Toyota 4RUNNER problems
Body 256Suspension 102Transmission 42Brakes 33Fuel system 25Steering 21Engine 17Tires 16Visibility 10Acceleration 9Wheels 6Electrical 4Lights 2Locks 2Seats 2Driver assistance 1Seat belts 1
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