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Re: Toyota Non Deployment of Air bags
Posted by Hardy on 8/11/08


    On 8/11/08, I was involved in a Front End Head On Collision in a 96
    Toyota Tercel. I purchased this vehicle for my daughter some years
    ago.

    My youngest daughter and I were merging out of the medium into traffic
    on a very busy two-lane highway. The 4x4 Laredo Jeep-Truck that hit
    our Tercel, made an improper left turn into the medium from the
    opposite direction. The Truck owner and I,felt the traffic was
    allowing both our vehicles the right away at the same time. The Jeep-
    Truck hit our Tercel going over 50 miles per hour, as he came across
    the two lane highway quickly into medium. The truck owner's intention
    was to quickly make his way into his targeted lane before the on
    coming traffic arrived. As a result,The front end of the Tercel was
    completely destroyed.

    Needless to say, I am waiting for the Airbag to deploy to this day. I
    suffered a bump on the head, and my daughter bruised her chest. So
    far, we can only tell our injuries are minor at this point.
    Thank God


    I'm In,

    Hardy

    On 3/15/07, Amanda wrote:
    > I also was involved in 2 accidents where my air bags did not
    > deploy. The first was on 2/7/07 and the second on 3/2/07 with a new
    > car I picked up the week before. I'm interested in pursuing a class
    > action suit. I've sent a letter to Toyota but with no response.
    > Has anyone contacted Toyota?
    >
    >
    > On 3/01/07, Michael Ikenberg wrote:
    >>
    >> I was involved in a front end wreck yesterday in my 2005 Prius
    >> (2/28/07). Someone pulled out in front of me while I was doing
    > about
    >> 30-35 MPH and I T-boned the car like a perfect T, not from an
    > angle.
    >> I never had a chance to hit the breaks and destroyed the Mazda 626
    > I
    >> hit. I hit so had the driver and rear passenger doors caved into
    > the
    >> passenger compartment and required jaws of life to get the guy out.
    >> My whole bumper and the frame behind it was destroyed and no
    >> airbags went off.
    >>
    >> I visited the Toyota body shop after the wreck to see the car. The
    >> body shop employee said the car was most likely totaled and was
    >> shocked that the airbags didn't go off. He suggested I call Toyota
    >> and open a case. This should result in someone from Toyota going
    > out
    >> to inspect the car and determine what happened and why the airbags
    >> failed to go off. He pointed to two sensors that were almost half
    >> way back between bumper and windshield in the engine compartment
    > and
    >> said he believed that they were the airbag sensors. Doesn't seem
    >> right that you have to destroy the first half of your car, engine
    >> and hybrid system, for these airbags to go off.
    >>
    >> Has anyone else contact Toyota to have them check out their wrecked
    >> car? If so, what were the results of their investigation? Is there
    > a
    >> speed the car must be going for a deployment of the airbags or is
    > it
    >> based on the impact?
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On 2/20/07, Kathrine Klein wrote:
    >>> This is sad news! I was in a head-on wreck 3 days ago
    >>> (2/15/2007) and, as Mark Andrews wrote, "the airbag did not
    >>> deploy" although the "front was totaled". Likewise, emergency
    >>> technicians on the scene were concerned; one mentioned that
    >>> because cars like the Prius have fronts so low to the ground
    >>> that the airbags deploy through the bumper--but, when the bumper
    >>> is torn off, as in both our crashes, the airbags cannot deploy.
    >>> Thankfully my sister and I escaped with sprained wrists, necks,
    >>> and bruises, but it could have been much worse. There were
    >>> recalls on the Prius in 2004 and 2006, both for faulty
    >>> construction of airbags. Class action suit anyone?
    >>>
    >>> On 4/29/06, Patricia Dean wrote:
    >>>> On 4/28/06, Mark Andrews wrote:
    >>>>> My son was in a wreck last night in my Toyota Prius. Front
    >>>>> was totaled. The airbag did not deploy. The police, fire-
    >>>>> fighters and tow truck driver all said they could not
    >>>>> believe the air back did not go off with the amount of
    >>>>> dammage to the front. Thank god my son was not hurt but it
    >>>>> Toyota needs to fix this issue.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> 4/29/06
    >>>>
    >>>> Highlander frontal wreck on 4/25/06 airbags did not deploy
    >>> car
    >>>> totaled. Is there a class action suit somewhere. This is
    >>>> crazy. Why buy a 30K veichle and it not be safe as reported.
    >>>> My car is totaled. We are still sorting thru the injuries
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>

     
     

 
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