Side/window Air Bag problems of the 1996 Toyota Camry

Three problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 1996 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/07/2003

My daughter was driving our 1996 Toyota Camry, vid #4t1bg12kxtu922048. She was in an accident in which the car spun out against a guard rail, totaling the car. Neither the driver's side airbag nor the passenger airbag were deployed, causing injury to my daughter whose head hit the steering wheel.

2 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/30/2000

While traveling at 15 mph front end hit side of another car . Was traveling at about 15mph. Upon impact, driver's side and passenger's side airbags deployed, and consumer sustained a broken wrist. Consumer stated that an airbag was there to protect passenger, but instead it broke consumer's wrist.

3 Side/window Air Bag problem

While driving on interstate at 55-65 mph passenger's side airbag deployed for no reason. There was no impact. Cause unknown.


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