Adaptive Equipment problems of the 2004 Toyota Corolla

I am told by the dealer that there is no fix available for this air bag recall. I feel that I am driving on wing and a prayer. I will have to inform any passenger of this problem and that they would be riding at their on risk. This is a huge problem that has been known about for a long time and should have been resolved by now. Your sharholders should be more interested in saving lives than the dividends they receive.

Heard news report of Toyota airbag recall back in 2013. Took car to dealership and had that issue resolved. Then in June 2014, another recall discussed on tv news and received letter in the mail stating my front passenger airbag inflator was not replaced and replacement is required. However, the letter futher states that there is "no remedy available" and it further states that you should not use your vehicle if at all possible. This is an outrageous statement on the part of Toyota. As I am the only caregiver to my elderly mother (89 yrs old), it is imperative that I have a safe operating vehicle to take her to oncologists, radiology appointments, dental appointments and primary care check-ups on a weekly basis. My vehicle needs to be repaired before a tragedy occurs with a fatality ending. This is not acceptable and Toyota will and should be held responsible to get these repairs done now verses later. To say there is "no remedy available" is like telling a victim that there is no way to find the criminal because they lack the proper equipment in the lab to solve the crime!.

10/29/09 I turned on the ignition and the engined immediately revved into the danger zone. I was not able to stop it. I turned the car off and checked the gas peddle. . . . . The floor mat was nowhere near the pedal and there was no debris on the floor to cause this occurrence. I waited a few minutes and then restarted it. It was fine then. . . 10/31/09 I took it to Toyota dealership and was told they had not heard of any problems with the acceleration of there cars. They "performed top engine cleaning and throttle body cleaning" told me they thought this would take care of the problem. . Charged me $176. 98 and I was on my way. This had happened twice before but not to this degree.

I was driving with my children down a residential street in eugene oregon when I pulled my foot off of the accelerator. The car failed to decelerate. I pumped the accelerator to no effect. I looked down at the accelerator and saw the floor mat wedged under the accelerator. I was able to pull the mat out and slow the car down. Later in inspecting the mat, I saw for the first time that there were two hooks designed to hold the mat in place. One of the hooks had become disengaged causing the mat to move and become lodged firmly beneath the accelerator. I had been fortunate in avoiding and accident. Years later the mat recall of other Toyota models was made. The 2004 Corolla was not part of the recall. I contacted both the main company and my local dealer. I was instructed to put the mat in my trunk. The company never made a recall of this model in spite of the issue being identical to those included in the recall. I have been concerned about Toyota's lack of action ever since. After hearing what happened with gm, I decided that I had not notified the proper authorities since nothing was done. The 2004 Corolla should have been part of the initial recall for defective floor mats. Toyota, like gm, failed to take corrective action and should be held accountable. People may have been injured or died from this lack of action and as long as a recall has not happened that danger continues to exist.