I own a 2005 4runner sport 4.7l. I bought it brand new from gene reed toyota in charleston, sc. This is not my daily driver and stays in the garage most of the times. It only has 59k on it. This past weekend I was dusting it off getting ready for a sunday drive and noticed a crack starting at the gauges and following the curve on the dash all the way over to the top of the radio. I just drove it a week ago and that was not there. I have never used any chemicals on my dash, only a damp cloth. At first glance I thought it was a factory seam. I pulled it out of the garage and into the sunlight where I could see it better and sure enough you could see the yellow foam inside the crack. I went to google the problem and could not believe my eyes at all the same, exact problems that were going on. There are thousands of complaints with the 4runner's dash cracking for no apparent reason. I am very disappointed in toyota with the quality of materials that they used to make this dash pad. My vehicle is in mint condition and has been garage kept it's entire life.this seems to be happening mostly to the 2003-2005 4runner's all over the country. I have read that other owner's have contacted their dealership and toyota motor sales USA, inc. About the problem and they have all refused to do anything about it. This needs to be resolved by toyota because I have noticed the crack is getting bigger when it expands in the heat of the sun. The dash pad goes directly over the passenger side airbag and if the cracking continues it could make the airbag malfunction and deploy unexpectedly. I have read other 4runner owner's are very worried that the cracking dash will effect the airbag too.toyota could at least pay half for the part and let a toyota tech install it.
2005 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags complaints
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Cracks in the dashboard began to appear of which I first noticed after 90k miles in the area of the fr passenger air bag. I first thought the air bag may be defective and ready to explode. As the cracks increased in number and size, they began to appear all over the dashboard. I notified both the local dealer and the main toyota office in california, they made an offer to replace the dashboard but I would have to cover more than half of the cost. They did not admit to any problem that toyota is responsible for. I was informed though that toyota used recycled plastics in the manufacturer of some of the interior parts. At that point, being uneducated in the use of recycled plastics I began to do some research and, this is what I found; toyota has used recycled plastics for the manufacturer of its automobile and truck parts for sometime and are considered experts in the recycling field. I also found that due to environmental concerns we have different types of recycled plastics being used "virgin, recycled and degradable." this has presented a problem of which my toyota 4runner is a victim, through no fault of my own. The users of recycled plastics in the manufacture of long life span products (my dashboard) has to be sure that degradable (short life span) plastics feedstocks do not get mixed in together. What you have if you allow this to happen is a dashboard that disintegrates before its time, like a bottle made to be disposed of in a landfill. I believe this happened since toyota is in the business of using all of the different types of plastics feedstocks for manufacturing including creating equipment that is used in all aspects of the recycling industry. I believe this is a safety issue since a faulty, disintegrating dashboard could affect the safe use of my airbag in the case of an accident. The correction of this should not be on the consumer.
Toyota 4runner was stopped at red light and was rearended by a chevrolet s10 and caused the 4runner to slam into the chrysler SUV in front at light. The 4runner and s10 were both totaled. The 4runner front airbags did not deploy and both occupants suffered cuts and bruises along with whiplash and minor neck injuries.
A small crack started to appear on the dashboard above the instrument panel back on may of 2011. As time passes by the crack has been growing past the top part of the gauges towards the passenger side. New cracks have also appeared around the air vents, above the radio and the passenger air bag area. I have tinted windows and always use a sun visor when vehicle is parked. I believe this is caused by the swelling of the high density foam used to manufacture the dashboard.
My vehicle has been preforming perfectly with no accidents or other collisions until the other day, when I turned on the vehicle and the check airbag light was on. I took it to the dealer and they said that there was a faulty wire and that the airbag was partially deployed and that I would have to replace the entire air bag unit. The dealer stated that because the car was out of warranty, that I would have to pay for all repairs. The car is undriveable because of an internal defect and not because of any fault of my own. This is toyota's responsibility to correct.
We have a 2005 toyota 4-runner. I was involved in an accident that did $12,000.00 worth of damage. I basically fell asleep at the wheel drifted across the highway and took out 7 metal guard rail poles with wires in between and the air bag never deployed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota 4 runner. The contact stated that when the air bag sensor light came on, the light disabled the air bags. The contact spoke with toyota and they would not repair the air bag sensor. The contact stated that a local dealer was able to repair the vehicle after one year. The current mileage was 19,000. The failure mileage was 9,310. The consumer took the vehicle to another dealer after the first dealer was unable to correct the problem after several visits. The second dealer installed a new sensor. The consumer stated the problem was resolved. Updated 03/26/10
I was in a 4 car pile up and hit the car in front and was also rearended. Myhood wentup fromthe impact and my head hit the dash or steeringwheel. The doors were jammed shut and I had to be pried out by the fire dept.
Driver's air bag failed to deploy following a direct front collision having extensive damage to bumper and motor on a 2005 toyota 4runner.
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