Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems of the 2009 Toyota Corolla

Takata recall it is unacceptable that there is currently no reasonable time frame for the takata recall to be remedied. It is unreasonable to expect no person to occupy the passenger seat in a 4 person vehicle. This requires a family of 4 to either drive 2 cars and waste money on gas or put themselves at risk by sitting in the passenger seat despite the danger. I am told that a solution is still approximately 9 months away. I have asked Toyota to disable the airbag sensor in the seat until the remedy is available and they have refused for liability reasons. There was a time when we didn't have airbags and just used seat belts. Why can't we treat this as such. It is not reasonable to expect families to restrain from using 1/4 of their car for potentially an entire year. There's not the option to sell the car because fair market value will not be obtained with such a recall. In short, I want my passenger airbag disabled until a remedy can be provided. This is the least Toyota can do.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 79,000 and the current mileage was 79,100.

When someone sits in the front passenger seat, the airbag sensor does not correctly judge who is sitting there. This is a come-and-go problem. Sometimes the error lights come on when they shouldn't:the "buckle seatbelt" light flashes even when the seat belt is buckled. The "airbag off" light also flashes (the lights come on together), even though the person in the seat is a normal-sized adult. The (non-dealer) mechanic also told us it was sometimes sensing a larger person than was there, so it could turn the airbag on when it shouldn't. This would clearly be very dangerous in and accident.