2006 Toyota Avalon Air Bags & Restraints Problems

In my 2006 Toyota Avalon XL on dashboard appeared SRS Airbag light. Unable to clear it.

MY DASHBOARD HAS A TEAR OVER THE AIRBAG ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ON FRANKLIN ST. IN HEMPSTEAD BEFORE THE COVID 19 VIRUS SHUT DOWN. I WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THERE'S NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO CHANGE THE DASHBOARD COVER. I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THIS HAPPENED THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN. THE VEHICLE IS IN MINT CONDITION AND RUNS LIKE NEW BECAUSE I TAKE CARE OF MY CARS. PLEASE HELP *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN A PREVIOUS RECALL I BELIEVE BUT WITH THIS UPDATE ON OTHER VEHICLES EFFECTED I 100 PERCENT SURE MY 06 AVALON XLS AND MAYBE OTHERS ARE HAVING AIRBAG ISSUES. THE SEATS (LEATHER) HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY THE SEAT WARMERS OVER HEATING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE BECAME LODGED UNDERNEATH THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, TOWED TO A TOWING FACILITY, AND LATER TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

WAS TOLD AIR BAGS MAY CONTAIN METAL

MY DRIVERS SEATBELT DID NOT WORK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TIRE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO A COTTON FIELD. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED FOUR TIMES AND LANDED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK, AND LEG. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT EAR THAT DETACHED FROM THE HEAD, INJURIES TO THE NECK, AND A CONCUSSION. BOTH OCCUPANTS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE LOT AWAITING AN INSURANCE APPRAISAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

MY DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT FOR MY AIRBAG HAS BECOME ILLUMINATED ALL OF THE TIME. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR, 161,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. DEALER WANTS $75 TO "CHECK OUT" THE WARNING LIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD BE CHARGED ANY AMOUNT TO CHECK THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY SYSTEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT I HAVE A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SYSTEM, POSSIBLY MANUFACTURED BY TAKATA. I DO LIVE IN A HUMID ENVIRONMENT IN EASTERN KANSAS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V043000 (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.

MY CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEPT IN THE GARAGE, EXCEPT FOR BEING AT WORK. I HAVE CRACKS ALL OVER THE PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAGS. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL GETTING A LUNG TRANSPLANT WHEN THE EXTENDED SERVICE LETTER CAME OUT OFFERING TO REPLACE IT. I DIDN'T DRIVE FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. WHEN I WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER HE SAID I MISSED THE DEADLINE BY A WEEK. HE SAID HE HAD THE PARTS AND WOULD LIKE TO DO IT BUT WOULD NEED AN OK FROM TOYOTA CORPORATE . I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IF THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THIS I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN'..I DID NOTHING TO CAUSE THIS, IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND A SAFETY HAZARD. I F THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY, IT COULD KILL SOMEONE

NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD SECTION AIR BAG (CONSOLE) ON PASSENGER SIDE HAS STARTED "CRACKING". WHEN FIRST NOTICED IT WAS APPROXIMATE ONE INCH IN LENGTH, & IS PROGRESSING CURRENTLY APPROXIMATE 2" INCHES IN LENGTH. CALL TOYOTA TO INFORM AND SUGGESTED I TAKE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE I SERVICE MY VEHICLE. UPON DOING SO THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS OK AND WOULDN'T DIMINISH THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIRBAGS GOING OFF. I STILL FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE CONSOLE PROCEEDING TO CRACK, AND BELIEVE ONCE SUMMER HEAT CONTINUES TO HIT DASHBOARD IT WILL PROGRESS TO CRACK FURTHER. WIFE ( PASSENGER) IS QUITE CONCERNED SINCE SHE NOTICES THE CRACK GETTING LONGER. WE GARAGE OUR CAR, BUT IF CAR WAS PARKED OUT IN SUN IT COULD POSSIBLY GET WORSE. *TR

I REAR ENDED CAR AND THE LOWER AIRBAG DEPLOYED STRIKING ME JUST BELOW BY KNEES. MY RIGHT LEG DEVELOPED A HEMATOMA FROM THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND REQUIRED SURGERY. I STILL HAVE A LARGE DEPRESSED AREA ON MY LEG, A SCAR, TENDERNESS AND DARKENING OF THE SKIN, ALL WHICH WILL REQUIRE FURTHER SURGERY TO REPAIR.

THE TOYOTA AVALON LIMITED WAS HIT BROADSIDED AT AROUND 50 MPH, OR MORE ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT INFLATE. THE DRIVER HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE CAR AND THE BACK PASSENGER RECEIVED SOME WHIPLASH, AND THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE BACK DOOR. THE WHOLE DASHBOARD RECEIVED DAMAGE AND BUCKLED. THE FRONT PASSENGER HAD SEVERE TRAUMA TO HER LEFT LEG. THE CAR IS TOTALED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 10/2005. A RECALL OF 133 CARS WERE MADE AROUND 3/2006. I WAS NOT THE ONE NOTIFIED AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I BOUGHT THIS CAR. WHY WASN'T MY CAR NOTIFIED? I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THE FRONT AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE WORKED IF WE WERE IN A FRONTEND COLLISION. *TR

DRIVING EAST ON COLDSPRING LANE- WAS CROSSING CHARLES ST AT THE INTERSECTION WHEN OTHER DRIVER GOING WEST ON COLDSPRING LANE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO CHARLES ST GOING SOUTH I HAD NO TIME TO HIT THE BRAKES I RAN INTO HIS SIDE OF THE CAR PASSENGER SIDE-MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS TOTAL DESTROYED. MY WIFE AND I SUSTAINED INJURIES. *TR

PASSENGER AIRBAG COVER IS CRACKING WHICH MAY PRODUCE SHARP OR POINTED PROJECTILES IN THE EVENT OF ACTIVATION. COVER APPEARS TO BE BOWING OUT TOWARDS PASSENGER, PICTURES AVAILABLE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO RESTRAINT THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WAS 121,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAD A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MY CAR WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AS THERE WAS MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE FIRST REACTION OF THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BODY SHOP OWNER, AND INSURANCE ADJUSTER WAS THE SAME, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY." THIS IS NOT A PLAY FOR MONEY, BUT A REQUEST FOR HELP, IF THERE IS A PRODUCT PROBLEM. I WAS NOT INJURED BECAUSE I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT AND IT WORKED. THE CAR IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BUT WILL BE TURNED OVER TO HARTFORD INSURANCE AS EARLY AS TODAY. *TR

VEHICLE DASHBOARD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES WHERE AIR BAGS DEPLOY. CONCERNED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS AIR BAG WILL/WILL NOT DEPLOY AS INTENDED. MANY TOYOTA AVALON OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED TOYOTA CORPORATE AND LOCAL DEALER WHO ADVISED NOT A WARRANTY ITEM OR SUBJECT TO RECALL. *TR

DASHBOARD ON THIS VEHICLE CRACKED IN 2010. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, SEVERAL PLACES CRACKED AND BECAME STICKY TO THE TOUCH WHERE AIR BAGS DEPLOY. CONCERNED THAT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH PIECES OF DASHBOARD BEING THROWN. BROUGHT TO DEALERS ATTENTION. ADVISED OUT OF WARRANTY SO NOTHING COULD BE DONE. BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM - REPLACED THE DASHBOARD AT A PERSONAL COST OF $2000. THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART AS SHOWN ON THE THOUSANDS OF OWNERS WHO HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TOYOTA SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR COST TO REPLACE THIS SAFETY ISSUE DEFECT. *TR

THE DAY AFTER MY CAR HAD 3 RECALLS CORRECTED, I WAS DRIVING AROUND 20 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO TAKE OFF. I PUT THE BRAKE ON REAL HARD AND GOT IT STOPPED AT ABOUT 35 MPH. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY PASSENGER AND I WERE SCARED TO DEATH. *TR