2006 Toyota 4runner Airbags Problems

Your 2006 4Runner was involved in a T-bone collision after another vehicle cut in front without warning. The airbags deployed during the crash, but your son suffered second-degree burns on his right side and first-degree burns on his lower body, along with a concussion requiring medical attention. The vehicle was declared a total loss by your insurance company.

Clock spring is bad in steering wheel for airbags

THE DRIVER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON. I'VE READ A LOT OF RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE, BUT THE DEALER SAID THIS PART WAS NOT RECALLED. I WAS HOPING YOU COULD INFORM ME IF THIS PART HAS BEEN RECALLED AND IF SO WHAT WOULD BE MY NEXT STEPS.

TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FTOM TOYOTA IN TORRANCE CA INFORMING US OUR MATRIX HAD A FAULTY AIR BAG AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. A FURTHER NOTE CAME ON 8/18/2017 TO CONTACT WWW.AUTOAIRBAGSSETTLEMENT.COM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V065000 (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 CONTACT CALLED A DEALER AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V065000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TAKATA RECALL ..... AFTER RECEIVING TOYOTA'S OFFICIAL U.S. POSTAL NOTICE, I CALLED MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER (AUTONATION ON W SAHARA, LAS VEGAS, NV) TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED. AFTER NOT HEARING BACK FROM THE PERSON WHO PROMISED TO RETURN MY CALL, I CALLED AGAIN SIX HOURS LATER AND WAS GIVEN SOME B.S. STORY, BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS BEING ORDERED AND WOULD BE AT THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM MY DEALER, AUTONATION, THAT I NEED TO CALL THEM TO MAKE AN APPT. TO FIX THE RECALL ISSUE. THE PERSON I SPOKE TO (NOT THE SAME ONE AS EARLIER IN THE DAY) SEEMED TO NOT UNDERSTAND. I REPEATED THE ISSUE (SCENARIO AS WRITTEN ABOVE) TO WHICH THIS WOMAN, AGAIN, DIDN'T COMPREHEND. I TOLD HER I WOULD READ WHAT WAS SENT TO ME ABOUT MAKING AN APPT. AS I WAS READING TO HER WHAT WAS SENT TO ME, SHE HUNG UP ON ME. I THEN CALLED AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE GM OF THE DEALERSHIP. I LEFT A MESSAGE FOR HIM TO CALL ME BACK. NO SUCH CALL-BACK HAS HAPPENED. IS THIS A TACTIC THAT'S EMPLOYED ON A REGULAR BASIS? I CONTACTED TOYOTA'S CORPORATE REP AND GAVE THAT PERSON THE ACTIONS I WENT THROUGH. SHE SAID SHE'D FORWARD THIS ISSUE TO THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP. I, AGAIN, DOUBT I WILL BE CONTACTED. IF I DO, I'M SURE I'LL GET SOME B.S. TO PROTECT THAT EMPLOYEE, AS IS DONE BY POLICE TO PROTECT THEIR OWN. I WANT SOME ACTION AND I'M HOPING THIS MESSAGE WILL FIND ITS WAY TO A SOURCE WHICH WILL LOOK INTO THIS. *TR

I TOOK MY TOYOTA TACOME 2006 TRUCK TO THE DEALER FROM SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA. A FEW WEEKS AGO MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME UP ON THE FRONT WHERE THE MILEAGE IS.

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED BUT THERE WAS A RECALL AND THERE IS NO FIX YET

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.

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! *TR

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.NHTSA.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 NHTSA 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. *TR

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. *TR

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. *TR

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. *TR

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. *TR

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