The airbag light in my '06 toyota 4runner is on and won't turn off even after letting it idle for "6 seconds" as recommended by the recent letter from toyota that I received. I have been informed that an official fix/recall for the airbags will not be available until september 2016. The takata airbags have killed and permanently maimed people thus far. Fingers crossed that I can make it until september without being killed/injured by my car.
2006 Toyota 4RUNNER airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact was owns a 2006 toyota 4runner. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the air bag warning indicator illuminated continuously. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bag spiral cable would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.
The airbag light appeared while I was driving, I was googling why this happened and came across a forum talking about similar incidents. I was reading that after the light appeared most of the same year and model the airbags are exploding while driving. I am concerned with my safety and my family's safety. I also read the airbags were recalled for 4runners. Please I need to make sure everything will be fine while driving my truck. Thank you!
The air bag warning lamp went off around 145k miles while I was driving. Went to a fred anderson toyota charleston, sc and the advisor stated that it was just the lamp and that the airbag is still functional. Approximately after 200 miles, the light reappeared, but as the toyota advisor stated it was still functional, I ignored it. At my next check up at leith toyota raleigh, nc. (153,953 miles) the advisor at that time told me that it was a failed spiral cable assembly. Come to find out there actually has been recalls on the spiral cable assembly. As stated in the toyota recall ("the steering column assembly in the involved vehicles contains a spiral cable assembly with electrical connections to the driver's airbag module that could become damaged when the steering wheel is turned. If this occurs, the air bag warning lamp will illuminate. In addition, the driver's air bag could become deactivated, causing it to not deploy in the event of a crash"). I just want this to be reviewed promptly considering that the recall that was made did not reach out to my model. This is a life threatening situation that has to be solved immediately and this calls for a recall! These two urls contain the exact situation that I have experienced. Https://techinfo.toyota.com/techinfoportal/staticcontent/en/techinfo/html/prelogin/docs/cp/e1mtofaq.pdf http://www-odi.the federal safety agency.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/ucm453341/rcdnn-14v168-1650p.pdf
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota 4runner. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v285000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Previous complaints, 10565915,10514762. Because of my complaints to safecar.gov, toyota send me a report of the edr inspection. As per the inspection reports, toyota says I was driving 50 mile per hour when the traffic stopped suddenly in front of me. And I stepped on the brakes but the vehicle did not have enough time to stop and I hit the vehicle in front of me in the rear. The vehicle was inspected on may 17 2013, because I filed a complaint through safecar.gov. When I had the accident I contacted toyota few times to inspect the vehicle while the vehicle was in the repair shop. However toyota refuses to do that. Now the edr report from toyota says, vehicle appeared to have been already repaired, so making a complete determination as to why the airbags did not deploy cannot be done. That letter also asked me to send any pictures of my damaged vehicle. I send the pictures to toyota and now another letter saying, after review of the photographs of the damage, this was not a direct frontal impact but an impact directed to the left front of the vehicle. There was insufficient abrupt forward deceleration of the vehicle to deploy the airbags. My insurance company estimated damage to the whole front part of the vehicle and paid $9300.00 to repair the vehicle. I believe toyota don't want to say that it?s the airbag fault, because then they have to recall all the 4runners to repair the airbags. Anyway I am still alive, and I don't want any other owners to go through this kind of tragic accident. Hope safecar.gov will watch toyota for its failure in the airbag safety of this vehicles. Thank you safecar.gov.
Previous complaints, 10565915,10514762. Because of my complaints to safecar.gov, toyota send me a report of the edr inspection. As per the inspection reports, toyota says I was driving 50 mile per hour when the traffic stopped suddenly in front of me. And I stepped on the brakes but the vehicle did not have enough time to stop and I hit the vehicle in front of me in the rear. The vehicle was inspected on may 17 2013, because I filed a complaint through safecar.gov. When I had the accident I contacted toyota few times to inspect the vehicle while the vehicle was in the repair shop. However toyota refuses to do that. Now the edr report from toyota says, vehicle appeared to have been already repaired, so making a complete determination as to why the airbags did not deploy cannot be done. That letter also asked me to send any pictures of my damaged vehicle. I send the pictures to toyota and now another letter saying, after review of the photographs of the damage, this was not a direct frontal impact but an impact directed to the left front of the vehicle. There was insufficient abrupt forward deceleration of the vehicle to deploy the airbags. My insurance company estimated damage to the whole front part of the vehicle and paid $9300.00 to repair the vehicle. I believe toyota don't want to say that it's the airbag fault, because then they have to recall all the 4runners to repair the airbags. Anyway I am still alive, and I don't want any other owners to go through this kind of tragic accident. Hope safecar.gov will watch toyota for its failure in the airbag safety of this vehicles. Thank you safecar.gov.
Previous complaint # 10505915 - date 4/11/13 on march 27th, 2013 I had an accident on a parkway rear ended. My whole SUV front part damaged and the airbag did not deployed. I was driving around 50 miles per hour and a commercial van in front of me stopped suddenly and I tried to stop the car, however it didn't and rear ended. Admitted to hospital emergency and released. Contacted toyota few times about the airbag issue and not received a good answer or they don't even want to hear the complaint. Toyota 4runner - 2006 total damage to this car - insurance estimate $9400.00. * because of my complaint to safecar.gov, toyota conducted an inspection on my vehicle on 5/17/13. The inspector send me an edr report and it showing airbag not commanded. ( unable to read / understand all other numbers on that report). The inspector informed me that, toyota will contact me about the report. As of today no contact or any informations from toyota about the edr report.
On march 27th, 2013 I had an accident on a parkway rear ended. My whole SUV front part damaged and the airbag did not deployed. I was driving around 50 miles per hour and a commercial van in front of me stopped suddenly and I tried to stop the car, however it didn't and rear ended. Admitted to hospital emergency and released. Contacted toyota few times about the airbag issue and not received a good answer or they don't even want to hear the complaint. Toyota 4runner - 2006 total damage to this car - insurance estimate $9400.00.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota 4runner. The contact was traveling 5 MPH and exiting a residential driveway when the side impact air bags deployed without warning. The contact did not suffer any injuries from the air bag deployment. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The manufacturer sent a representative to inspect the vehicle who advised that the air bags deployed due to the vehicle experiencing a roll over. The contact disagreed and advised that he had not been involved in a crash when the air bags erroneously deployed. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer provided no further assistance. The contact stated that he did not feel safe driving the vehicle. The failure mileage was 133,000.
We were stopped in traffic in our 2006 toyota 4runner. We were slammed into from behind by a car traveling around 45mph. Thus we slammed into the car infront of us. Our airbags did not deploy, and the passenger seatbelt did not lock up, thus causing severe injuries to the passenger. There is around $11,000 damage to our truck.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota 4runner. While driving 35 MPH, the front end of the contact's vehicle crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The front end of the vehicle was damaged and towed. A police report was filed. The driver was wearing a seat belt, but sustained injuries to his head due to it striking the steering wheel. The cause of the failure was unknown. The failure mileage was 7,000 and current mileage was 21,000.
While reviewing the 2006 toyota 4runner complaints I found that consumer complaint: odi case number: 10179170 is actually a complaint for a 2006 toyota rav4 and is misfiled and may want to be corrected. Thanks--- dave cizek
Tl* - while driving his 2006 toyota rav4 at 60 MPH the contact felt a jerking as if the vehicle were struck from the rear. He believes that the vehicle''s 4 wheel drive engaged causing him to lose control of the vehicle. The vehicle spun several times and flipped over multiple times coming to a rest on the vehicle''s roof. The airbag did not deploy. The driver was injured. The contact will have the vehicle, pictures, and a police report available.
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